Polyglot Dictionary

lavrador

/lavɾaˈdoɾ/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
lavradores

Meaning

  1. farmer

    • O lavrador colheu.

      The farmer harvested.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

agricultor

lavrador is more traditional or rural, tied to manual farming and tilling; agricultor is more modern or general, an agricultural professional — both mean "farmer."

fazendeiro

fazendeiro is a farm owner or rancher, on a larger scale; lavrador is a manual farm laborer or tiller.

Similar in other languages

German

Bauer

Bauer is the German word for the same thing — both mean "farmer."

German

Farmer

Farmer is the German word for the same thing — both mean "farmer."

Practice

1 What does lavrador mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ colheu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lavrador?

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