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procesador

processor

noun proh-seh-sah-DOHR Less Common

Usage Note

Procesador most commonly refers to a computer processor (procesador de texto = 'word processor'; procesador de datos = 'data processor'; procesador central or CPU). In cookery, procesador de alimentos is a food processor. The feminine equivalent procesadora is used for food-processing machines in some Latin American varieties.

Examples

"El procesador del ordenador es muy rápido."

Natural Translation

The computer's processor is very fast.

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