transportador

/tɾanspoɾtaˈdoɾ/ · B2 · adj

carrier, conveyor

📐 transport + ador: the tool that carries angles onto paper

Spanish transportar means to carry across, and the suffix -ador marks the doer. A transportador carries things: a carrier or conveyor. The protractor sense fits too, because it transfers an angle from an object onto paper.

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