interruptor

English

Noun

interruptor (plural interruptors)

1. Alternative form of interrupter

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin interruptōrem, from Latin interrumpō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tə.rupˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.te.rupˈtoɾ]

Noun

interruptor m (plural interruptors)

1. switch
2. (computing) command line switch

   Synonym: opció

Related terms

• interrompre

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin interruptōrem, from Latin interrumpō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.hupˈtoh], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.hu.piˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.hupˈtoh], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.hu.piˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoɾ/ [ĩ.te.hupˈtoɾ], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoɾ/ [ĩ.te.hu.piˈtoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.χupˈtoχ], /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoʁ/ [ĩ.te.χu.piˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoɻ/ [ĩ.te.hupˈtoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈptoɾ/, /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈptoɾ/, /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈpto.ɾi/, /ĩ.tɨ.ʁuˈto.ɾi/

Noun

interruptor m (plural interruptores)

1. interrupter (that which interrupts)

   Synonym: interrompedor

2. switch (device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow)

   Synonym: comutador

Related terms

• interromper,
• interrompido
• interrupção
• interrupto

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin interruptor, from Latin interrumpō.

Adjective

interruptor (feminine interruptora, masculine plural interruptores, feminine plural interruptoras)

1. interrupting

Noun

interruptor m (plural interruptores)

1. switch, light switch

Related terms

• interrumpir

 

Further reading

• “interruptor”, 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