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disparador

Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒis.pa.ɾaˈdoʁ/

disparador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “trigger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quem dispara”.

What does disparador mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetrigger

  2. 2

    masculinerelease, shutter (of a camera)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que dispara

noun: 1. quem dispara 2. componente de uma espoleta de tempos 3. mecanismo que põe em ação uma máquina ou um sistema

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 disparador

  • disparadores plural

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

How do you pronounce disparador?

  • Brazil /d͡ʒis.pa.ɾaˈdoʁ/
  • Brazil [d͡ʒis.pa.ɾaˈdoh]
  • /d͡ʒis.pa.ɾaˈdoɾ/

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

How common is disparador in Portuguese?

disparador 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).