conduzidor

Conduzidor is a noun in Portuguese derived from the verb conduzir (to lead, guide, or conduct). It designates a person or device that conducts, guides, or channels something. The term is not common in contemporary standard Portuguese. For a person, the usual terms are condutor (masculine) or condutora (feminine), meaning driver or conductor. For channels or passages that carry a fluid, gas, or electrical current, Portuguese typically uses conduto or duto, and, in the electrical context, condutor.

Usage and register: Conduzidor may appear in historical texts, regional speech, or specialized discourse to mean someone who conducts or a device that directs flow. As an agent noun formed from conduzir with the suffix -dor, it shares its etymology with condutor, but it is largely supplanted by the more standard forms. The feminine form would be conduzidora, though this is rarely used because condutora is the prevalent feminine equivalent.

Etymology: the word comes from the verb conduzir, with the agent-noun suffix -dor, itself from Latin conducere.

See also condutor, condutora, conduto, duto, condução.