contactor
Spanish, noun/kontaɡˈtoɾ/
contactor is spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-O-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish, the 174,457th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contactor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “contactor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dispositivo que permite controlar circuitos de alta potencia con la conmutación de sus contactos, mediante el…”.
What does contactor mean in English?
adjective
- 1
contacting
noun
- 1
masculinecontactor
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dispositivo que permite controlar circuitos de alta potencia con la conmutación de sus contactos, mediante el accionamiento de su bobina que está en un circuito de menor potencia (circuito de comando). Es similar a un relé pero está diseñado para mayor corriente y para aplicaciones de alterna trifásica.
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 contactor
- contactora feminine
- contactores masculine plural
- contactoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contactor?
- /kontaɡˈtoɾ/
- [kõn̪.t̪aɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
- [kõn̪t̪akˈt̪oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contactor in Spanish?
contactor appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).