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Portuguese
Etymology
From apontar (“to point; to sharpen”) + -dor.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oɾ, -oʁ
- Hyphenation: a‧pon‧ta‧dor
Noun
apontador m (plural apontadores)
- something which points (shows where something is)
- (Brazil) pencil sharpener
- Synonyms: (Portugal) afia, (Portugal) afia-lápis, (Portugal) afiador, (Portugal) aguça, (Portugal) apara-lápis
- (programming) pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location)
- Synonym: ponteiro
- laser pointer
- Synonyms: apontador laser, caneta laser