amortiguador
Spanish, noun/amoɾtiɡwaˈdoɾ/
amortiguador is spelled A-M-O-R-T-I-G-U-A-D-O-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,863rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amortiguador is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shock absorber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dispositivo disipador de energía que sirve para mitigar las oscilaciones bruscas causadas por colisiones o…”.
What does amortiguador mean in English?
adjective
- 1
softening, muffling
noun
- 1
masculineshock absorber
- 2
masculinebuffer of a railway vehicle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que amortigua.
noun: 1. Dispositivo disipador de energía que sirve para mitigar las oscilaciones bruscas causadas por colisiones o impactos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amortiguador
- amortiguadora feminine
- amortiguadores masculine plural
- amortiguadoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amortiguador?
- /amoɾtiɡwaˈdoɾ/
- [a.moɾ.t̪i.ɣ̞waˈð̞oɾ]
- [amoɾt̪iɣ̞waˈð̞oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amortiguador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amortiguador in Spanish?
amortiguador appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).