semáforo

Meaning

1. (masculine) traffic light
2. (masculine) semaphore (visual signalling system)
3. (masculine) semaphore (token used to restrict and allow access to a shared resource)

Concepts

traffic light

🚦

traffic signal

stoplight

semaphore

lights

traffic lamp

stop light

traffic lights

traffic signals

Synonyms

sinal

sinal de trânsito

🚦

sinaleira

farol

sinaleiro

Translations

semáforo

🚦

semaforo

🚦

Ampel

🚦

verkeerslicht

🚦

semàfor

🚦

Verkehrsampel

🚦

feu

🔥

feux de circulation

stoplicht

🚦

φανάρι

Semaphor

feux tricolores

sémaphore

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seˈma.fo.ɾu/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: sémaphore

In summary

Borrowed from French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”), and -foro derived from -φωρος (-phōros, “bearing, bearer”).