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autor.

author (originator or creator of a work)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/awˈtoʁ/Brazil[aʊ̯ˈtoh]Brazil/awˈtoɾ/São-Paulo[aʊ̯ˈtoɾ]São-Paulo
  1. author (originator or creator of a work)

    masculine
  2. author (someone who writes books for a living)

    masculine
  3. causer; originator; instigator

    broadly · masculine
  4. perpetrator

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō + -tor. Doublet of auteur.

noun/awˈtoʁ/Brazil[aʊ̯ˈtoh]Brazil/awˈtoɾ/São-Paulo[aʊ̯ˈtoɾ]São-Paulo
  1. plaintiff

    archaic · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abtor, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin actor, from āctus + -tor. Doublet of ator.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.