colector
Portuguese, noun
colector is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of coletor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide coletor”.
What does colector mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of coletor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of coletor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vide coletor
noun: 1. vide coletor
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colector
- colectora feminine
- colectores masculine plural
- colectoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to colector
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colector in Portuguese?
colector appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).