alfinete

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَال (ḵilāl, “pin, peg”), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.fiˈne.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.fiˈne.t͡ʃi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.fiˈne.te/ [aʊ̯.fiˈne.te]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.fiˈne.tɨ/ [aɫ.fiˈne.tɨ]

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): [ˌawfiˈneti]
  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
  • Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te

Noun

alfinete m (plural alfinetes)

  1. pin (small needle with no eye)
  2. safety pin
  3. (Diabrotica speciosa) cucurbit beetle
    Synonyms: bicho-galo, aresta, bicha-amarela, bicha-do-milho, câncer, travela
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alfinete.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Hindi: आलपीन (ālpīn)
  • → Konkani: आलफिनेत (ālphinet)
  • → Ladino: alfinete
  • → Javanese: ꦥꦤꦶꦠꦶ (paniti), ꦥꦼꦤꦶꦠꦶ (peniti)
  • → Malay: alpeniti, peniti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.fiˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.fiˈnɛ.t͡ʃi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.fiˈnɛ.te/ [aʊ̯.fiˈnɛ.te]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.fiˈnɛ.tɨ/ [aɫ.fiˈnɛ.tɨ]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
  • Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te

Verb

alfinete

  1. inflection of alfinetar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.