# detonador
## Asturian
### Etymology

From detonar +‎ -dor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /detonaˈdoɾ/ [d̪e.t̪o.naˈð̞oɾ]

### Noun

detonador m (plural detonadors)
* detonator (device used to detonate an explosive device)

## Catalan
### Etymology

From detonar +‎ -dor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [də.tu.nəˈðo]
* IPA: (Balearic) [də.to.nəˈðo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.to.naˈðoɾ]

### Adjective

detonador (feminine detonadora, masculine plural detonadors, feminine plural detonadores)
* detonating

### Noun

detonador m (plural detonadors)
* detonator (device used to detonate an explosive device)
* (figurative) trigger, cause (an event that initiates others, or incites a response)
    Synonym: detonant

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From detonar +‎ -dor.

### Adjective

detonador (feminine detonadora, masculine plural detonadores, feminine plural detonadoras)
* detonating

### Noun

detonador m (plural detonadores)
* detonator (device used to detonate an explosive device)
* (figurative) trigger, cause (an event that initiates others, or incites a response)
    Synonyms: detonante, desencadenante

### Further reading

* “detonador” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
* “detonador”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From detonar +‎ -dor.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.to.naˈdoʁ/ [de.to.naˈdoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.to.naˈdoʁ/ [de.to.naˈdoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.to.naˈdoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.to.naˈdoʁ/ [de.to.naˈdoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.to.naˈdoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.tu.nɐˈdoɾ/ [dɨ.tu.nɐˈðoɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.tu.nɐˈdoɾ/ [dɨ.tu.nɐˈðoɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.tu.nɐˈdo.ɾi/ [dɨ.tu.nɐˈðo.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: de‧to‧na‧dor

### Adjective

detonador (feminine detonadora, masculine plural detonadores, feminine plural detonadoras)
* detonating

### Noun

detonador m (plural detonadores)
* detonator (device used to detonate an explosive device)

### Further reading

* “detonador”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “detonador”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “detonador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From detonar +‎ -dor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /detonaˈdoɾ/ [d̪e.t̪o.naˈð̞oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: de‧to‧na‧dor

### Adjective

detonador (feminine detonadora, masculine plural detonadores, feminine plural detonadoras)
* detonating

### Noun

detonador m (plural detonadores)
* detonator (device used to detonate an explosive device)
* (figurative) trigger, cause (an event that initiates others, or incites a response)
    Synonyms: detonante, desencadeante

#### Related terms

* detonar

### Further reading

* “detonador”, 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