resistor
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.zisˈtoʁ/
resistor is spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-O-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Resistor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “resistor (component that implements electrical resistance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “algo dotado de resistência, geralmente usado em circuitos elétricos para proteção”.
What does resistor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineresistor (component that implements electrical resistance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. algo dotado de resistência, geralmente usado em circuitos elétricos para proteção
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 resistor
- resistores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce resistor?
- Brazil /ʁe.zisˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [he.zisˈtoh]
- /ʁe.zisˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to resistor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is resistor in Portuguese?
resistor appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).