indicador

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin indicātōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [in.di.kəˈðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [in.di.kəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.di.kaˈðoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [in.di.kaˈðo]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

indicador m (plural indicadors)

1. indicator
2. (zoology) honeyguide

Derived terms

• indicador de direcció
• indicador de la mel

Related terms

• indicar

Further reading

• “indicador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “indicador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “indicador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “indicador”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin indicō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Late Latin indicātōremlbor.

Portuguese indicador

Learned borrowing from Late Latin indicātōrem (“pointer”), from Latin indicō + -tor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒi.kaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.d͡ʒi.kaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒi.kaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.d͡ʒi.kaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒi.kaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒi.kaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.d͡ʒi.kaˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒi.kaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.di.kɐˈdoɾ/ [ĩ.di.kɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.di.kɐˈdoɾ/ [ĩ.di.kɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.di.kɐˈdo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧di‧ca‧dor

Adjective

indicador (feminine indicadora, masculine plural indicadores, feminine plural indicadoras)

1. which indicates

   Synonym: indicativo

Noun

indicador m (plural indicadores, feminine indicadora, feminine plural indicadoras)

1. indicator (someone or something that indicates something)
2. (masculine only) forefinger (finger next to the thumb)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) dedo índex, dedo indicador, (humorous) fura-bolos

Coordinate terms

terms for fingers: termos para os dedosedit

• dedo polegar
• dedo indicador
• dedo médio
• dedo anelar
• dedo mínimo

Further reading

• “indicador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indikaˈdoɾ/ [ĩn̪.d̪i.kaˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Audio (Argentina):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: in‧di‧ca‧dor

Adjective

indicador (feminine indicadora, masculine plural indicadores, feminine plural indicadoras)

1. indicating, signaling

Derived terms

• poste indicador

Noun

indicador m (plural indicadores)

1. indicator
2. honeyguide

   Synonym: indicator

3. (automotive) indicator, trafficator

   Synonyms: intermitente (Spain), direccional (Latin America), luz de giro (Argentina)

Related terms

• indicar

Further reading

• “indicador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025