elevador

/elebaˈdoɾ/ · B2 · adj

lifting

🛗 elevador = elevate + or, the thing that does the elevating

Spanish elevador comes from Latin elevare, 'to raise', the same root as English elevate and elevator. Read it as elev(ate) + -ador, an agent ending like -or, so it means 'that which lifts'. This covers lifts, elevators and forklifts.

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