comutador
Portuguese, noun/ko.mu.taˈdoʁ/
comutador is spelled C-O-M-U-T-A-D-O-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comutador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “commutator (mathematical element, in a group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “interruptor, dispositivo que pode interromper ou permitir (restabelecendo) o fluxo de corrente elétrica num…”.
What does comutador mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommutator (mathematical element, in a group)
- 2
masculineswitch (device that connects multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. interruptor, dispositivo que pode interromper ou permitir (restabelecendo) o fluxo de corrente elétrica num sistema 2. dispositivo usado para inverter o sentido de uma corrente 3. dispositivo usado para substituir parte de um circuito por outro ou para alterar as conexões de circuitos 4. peça ou mecanismo usado para estabelecer ligação entre dois aparelhos ou circuitos telefônicos
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 comutador
- comutadores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comutador?
- Brazil /ko.mu.taˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [ko.mu.taˈdoh]
- /ko.mu.taˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comutador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comutador in Portuguese?
comutador appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).