retentor
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.tẽˈtoʁ/
retentor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “retainer (any thing or person that retains)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does retentor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineretainer (any thing or person that retains)
- 2
masculineholder (person who holds a property)
adjective
- 1
retaining (that retains)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of retentor
- retentores plural
- retentora feminine
- retentoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retentor?
- Brazil /ʁe.tẽˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [he.tẽˈtoh]
- /ʁe.tẽˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retentor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retentor in Portuguese?
retentor appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).