ventilador

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ventilātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bən.ti.ləˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vən.ti.ləˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ven.ti.laˈðoɾ]

Noun

ventilador m (plural ventiladors)

1. ventilator
2. fan

Derived terms

• ventilador de pedestal
• ventilador de sostre

Related terms

• ventilació
• ventilar

Further reading

• “ventilador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ventilador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “ventilador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ventilador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ventilātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽ.t͡ʃi.laˈdoʁ/ [vẽ.t͡ʃi.laˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽ.t͡ʃi.laˈdoʁ/ [vẽ.t͡ʃi.laˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /vẽ.t͡ʃi.laˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /vẽ.t͡ʃi.laˈdoʁ/ [vẽ.t͡ʃi.laˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽ.t͡ʃi.laˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽ.ti.lɐˈdoɾ/ [vẽ.ti.lɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽ.ti.lɐˈdoɾ/ [vẽ.ti.lɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽ.ti.lɐˈdoɾ/ [bẽ.ti.lɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽ.ti.lɐˈdo.ɾi/ [vẽ.ti.lɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ven‧ti‧la‧dor

Noun

ventilador m (plural ventiladores)

1. fan, ventilator

Related terms

• ventilar
• vento

Further reading

• “ventilador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From ventilar +‎ -dor, or from Latin ventilātor. Cognate with English ventilator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bentilaˈdoɾ/ [bẽn̪.t̪i.laˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ven‧ti‧la‧dor

Noun

ventilador m (plural ventiladores)

1. fan, ventilator

   Synonyms: abano, abanico

Related terms

• viento

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bentilador
• → Tagalog: bentilador

Further reading

• “ventilador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10