fator

Meaning

1. (masculine) factor; doer; maker
2. (masculine) factor; influence
3. (masculine) factor

Hyphenated as

fa‧tor

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/faˈtoʁ/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Doublet of feitor. Piecewise doublet of fazedor.