dechavador
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- dichavador, dixavador, dexavador
Etymology
From dechavar (“to grind”) + -dor.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ʃa.vaˈdo(ʁ)/ [de.ʃa.vaˈdo(h)], /d͡ʒi.ʃa.vaˈdo(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.ʃa.vaˈdo(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.ʃa.vaˈdo(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.ʃa.vaˈdo(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.ʃa.vaˈdo(ʁ)/ [de.ʃa.vaˈdo(χ)], /d͡ʒi.ʃa.vaˈdo(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.ʃa.vaˈdo(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ʃa.vaˈdo(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: de‧cha‧va‧dor
Noun
dechavador m (plural dechavadores)
- (Brazil, informal) herb grinder (device used to shred tobacco and cannabis leaves)
Related terms
- dechavar
Further reading
- dechavador on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
- “dechavador”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025