interruptor
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoʁ/
interruptor is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-O-R (11 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interruptor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “switch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mecanismo que serve para interromper ou iniciar um circuito elétrico”.
What does interruptor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswitch
- 2
masculineinterrupter (that which interrupts)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mecanismo que serve para interromper ou iniciar um circuito elétrico
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 interruptor
- interruptores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interruptor?
- Brazil /ĩ.te.ʁupˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [ĩ.te.hupˈtoh]
- Brazil /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈtoʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interruptor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interruptor in Portuguese?
interruptor appears 1.7 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).