# investigador
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investīgātōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [im.bəs.ti.ɣəˈðo]
* IPA: (Balearic) [iɱ.vəs.ti.ɣəˈðo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [iɱ.ves.ti.ɣaˈðoɾ]
* Rhymes: -o(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: in‧ves‧ti‧ga‧dor

### Noun

investigador m (plural investigadors, feminine investigadora)
* investigator, researcher

#### Related terms

* investigar

### Further reading

* “investigador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “investigador”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “investigador” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “investigador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin investīgātor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imbestiɡaˈdoɾ/ [im.bes̺.t̪i.ɣ̞ɑˈð̞oɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /imbestiɡaˈdoɾ/ [im.bes̺.t̪i.ɣ̞ɑˈð̞oɾ]
* IPA: (gheada) /imbestiħaˈdoɾ/ [im.bes̺.t̪i.ħɑˈð̞oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Hyphenation: in‧ves‧ti‧ga‧dor

### Noun

investigador m (plural investigadores, feminine investigadora, feminine plural investigadoras)
* investigator, researcher

#### Related terms

* investigar

### Further reading

* “investigador”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Latin investīgātor.

### Noun

investigador m (Latin spelling, plural investigadores, feminine investigadora)
* investigator, researcher

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin investīgātōrem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈdoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈdoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈdoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.veʃ.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.veʃ.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈdoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈdoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɣɐˈðoɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɣɐˈðoɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.bɨʃ.ti.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [ĩ.bɨʃ.ti.ɣɐˈðoɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɡɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ĩ.vɨʃ.ti.ɣɐˈðo.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: in‧ves‧ti‧ga‧dor

### Noun

investigador m (plural investigadores, feminine investigadora, feminine plural investigadoras)
* investigator (one who investigates)
* (chiefly Portugal) researcher
    Synonym: (chiefly Brazil) pesquisador

#### Related terms

* investigar

### Further reading

* “investigador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin investīgātor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imbestiɡaˈdoɾ/ [ĩm.bes.t̪i.ɣ̞aˈð̞oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: in‧ves‧ti‧ga‧dor

### Adjective

investigador (feminine investigadora, masculine plural investigadores, feminine plural investigadoras)
* researching, investigating

### Noun

investigador m (plural investigadores, feminine investigadora, feminine plural investigadoras)
* researcher, investigator

#### Derived terms

* investigador privado

#### Related terms

* investigación
* investigar

### Further reading

* “investigador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10