parafuso

From Old Galician-Portuguese perafuso (“spindle whorl?”) (13th century, Alfonso X the Wise). Uncertain. Perhaps from par (“pair”) +‎ fuso (“spindle”) or from pedra (“stone”) +‎ fuso (“spindle”).

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈfuso/ [pa.ɾaˈfu.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -uso

parafuso m (plural parafusos)

1. screw

   Synonym: tarraxa

2. auger

   Synonym: trade

3. double spindle for twisting the thread

   Synonym: trouzo

• fuso

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “perafuso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “perafuso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parafuso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “parafuso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parafuso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Rhymes: -uzu
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧fu‧so

Uncertain. Possibly from para- +‎ fuso, from Medieval Latin *pare fusu or from Spanish parahúso.

parafuso m (plural parafusos)

1. screw

   Synonym: tarraxa

• → Swahili: parafujo
• → Tetum: parafuzu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

parafuso

1. first-person singular present indicative of parafusar

• “parafuso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “parafuso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025