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obturador

Spanish, noun/obtuɾaˈdoɾ/

obturador is spelled O-B-T-U-R-A-D-O-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 55,445th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obturador is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shutter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En una cámara fotográfica, mecanismo que controla el tiempo de exposición del sensor a la luz”.

What does obturador mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    obturator (relating to the obturator of the hip)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineshutter

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que obtura.

noun: 1. En una cámara fotográfica, mecanismo que controla el tiempo de exposición del sensor a la luz.

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 obturador

  • obturatriz feminine
  • obturadora feminine
  • obturadores masculine plural
  • obturatrices feminine plural
  • obturadoras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce obturador?

  • /obtuɾaˈdoɾ/
  • [oβ̞.t̪u.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
  • [oβ̞t̪uɾaˈð̞oɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to obturador

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is obturador in Spanish?

obturador 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).

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