estivador

Portuguese

Etymology

estivar +‎ -dor, from Italian stivare (“to load”), from Latin stīpāre, present active infinitive of stīpō (“I stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *stīpos, from root Proto-Indo-European *steip-.

Pronunciation

Noun

estivador m (plural estivadores, feminine estivadora, feminine plural estivadoras)

  1. stevedore (dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo.)
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