zelador
Portuguese, noun/ze.laˈdoʁ/
zelador is spelled Z-E-L-A-D-O-R (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zelador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “caretaker (someone who takes care of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “funcionário encarregado da zeladoria, de cuidar de um edifício”.
What does zelador mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaretaker (someone who takes care of something)
- 2
masculinecaretaker; janitor (person who keeps a place clean and in good repair)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que zela
noun: 1. funcionário encarregado da zeladoria, de cuidar de um edifício
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 zelador
- zeladores plural
- zeladora feminine
- zeladoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zelador?
- Brazil /ze.laˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [ze.laˈdoh]
- /ze.laˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zelador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zelador in Portuguese?
zelador appears 2.5 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).