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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