🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

transportador

Pronunciation / Transliteration: transportaˈðor

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Transporter/trænsˈpɔːr.tər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El transportador de mercancías llegó esta mañana."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person, vehicle, or system that carries or moves people or goods from one place to another.

    "The armored transporter delivered the security personnel safely to the facility."
  2. 2

    A protein or molecule that transports specific substances across a cell membrane.

    "Glucose transporters are essential for moving sugar molecules into cells for energy."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English verb 'transport', which comes from the Latin 'transportare' (trans- 'across' + portare 'to carry'). The agent suffix '-er' was added in the late Middle English period to designate a person, vehicle, or device that carries goods or passengers from one place to another.

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