kontraktor

From English contractor, borrowed from Late Latin contractor, from Latin contractus.

• Hyphenation: kon‧trak‧tor

kontraktor

1. a contractor
   1. a person or company that builds or improves buildings
      • 2018 — Dumaboc, Fe Marie, P12.3 M Eco-park sa Mandaue Tukuron (02 October), SuperBalita Cebu

        Sa niaging semana lang gisusi na sa kontraktor ang 17 ektaryang luna nga bakhawan sa brgy. Paknaan, nga nahimutang duol sa 6.5 hectares nga relocation site, alang na sa pagsugod sa phase 1, nga mao ang kapin sa usa ka kilometro nga bamboo boardwalk nga gigahinan na sa kagamhanan city og P5 milyones ug kasugdan na kini karong buwana.

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   2. a person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
   3. a person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
2. a contractual employee

kontraktor

1. future infinitive of kontraktar

Learned borrowing from Late Latin contractor, from Latin contractus (perfect passive participle of contrahō) + -ator.

• IPA^(key): /konˈtraktor/
• Rhymes: -aktor
• Hyphenation: kon‧trak‧tor

kontraktor

1. contractor:
   1. a person or company that builds or improves buildings
   2. a person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
   3. a person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
   4. a person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee

• anemer
• pemborong

• “kontraktor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from English contractor.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /konˈtɾaktoɾ/ [kon̪ˈt̪ɾak.t̪oɾ]
    • Rhymes: -aktoɾ
  • IPA^(key): /kontɾakˈtoɾ/ [kon̪.t̪ɾɐkˈt̪oɾ] (Spanish influence)
    • Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: kon‧trak‧tor

kontraktor or kontraktór (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

1. contractor

   Synonyms: kontratista, mangongontrata, mamakyaw-trabaho

• “kontraktor”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024