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auditor

auditor

noun ow-dee-TOHR Rare

Origin: From Latin auditor, 'one who hears, a listener'.

Also means

listener

Usage Note

Auditor primarily means an auditor (financial examiner) in modern professional Spanish. Its feminine form is auditora. The older literary sense of 'listener' or 'audience member' (el auditor de la conferencia) is now archaic in most registers; oyente or espectador are used instead.

Examples

"El auditor revisó las cuentas."

Natural Translation

The auditor reviewed the accounts.

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