Usage Note
Generador refers both to a machine that produces electricity and, abstractly, to anything that generates something (a generador de empleo = 'job creator'). In Spain and Latin America a portable petrol generator is commonly called simply el generador. The adjective form generador (una fuerza generadora) is also common.
Examples
"El generador funcionó durante el apagón."
Natural Translation
The generator worked during the blackout.
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