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diretor

Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.ɾeˈtoʁ/

diretor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “director” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que dirige”.

What does diretor mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    governing

  2. 2

    guiding

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedirector

  2. 2

    masculineschool principal

  3. 3

    masculineadministrator

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que dirige

noun: 1. aquele que dirige 2. administrador 3. profissional encarregado da realização de um filme, novela, peça de teatro

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 diretor

  • diretora feminine
  • diretores masculine plural
  • diretoras feminine plural
  • director alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce diretor?

  • Brazil /d͡ʒi.ɾeˈtoʁ/
  • Brazil [d͡ʒi.ɾeˈtoh]
  • /d͡ʒi.ɾeˈtoɾ/

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

English words that translate to diretor

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

How common is diretor in Portuguese?

diretor appears 110 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).