ouvidor

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin audītōrem, thus a doublet of auditor.^[1]^[2] By surface analysis, ouvir +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w).viˈdoʁ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /o(w).viˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o(w).viˈdoʁ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w).viˈdoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /o(w).viˈdoɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ow.biˈdoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /o.viˈdo.ɾi/

Hyphenation: ou‧vi‧dor

Noun

ouvidor m (plural ouvidores, feminine ouvidora, feminine plural ouvidoras)

listener, hearer
Synonym: ouvinte
ombudsman or a special judge or magistrate

Derived terms

ouvidoria

References

^ “ouvidor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
^ “ouvidor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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