construtor

Construtor is a Portuguese term used to describe a person or entity that builds, erects, or develops structures and projects. In everyday language it can refer to a builder or a construction company, and its feminine form construtora is commonly used for a company or, less often, a female builder. The word comes from Latin construere, meaning to construct, and has cognate forms in other Romance languages. In Portuguese-speaking contexts, construtor and construtora appear in industry discussions, job titles, and company names.

In the construction sector, a construtor can be an individual builder or a firm that undertakes building or civil works. Roles associated with the term include planning, supervision, and execution of projects, as well as procurement and project management. The term empreiteiro is also used to denote a contractor, while construtora is the usual word for a construction company. The distinction between these terms reflects the difference between the person or firm performing the work (construtor/construtora) and the broader field of construction (construção civil).

In programming and computer science, construtor translates the English term constructor. It denotes a special method used to create and initialize new instances of a class. In Portuguese-language documentation and teaching materials, you will see phrases like "método construtor" or "construtor da classe." This sense of the word is distinct from the building-related meaning, though it shares the underlying idea of initializing an instance or object.