arpéu
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old French harpeau. By surface analysis, arpão + -éu.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ar‧péu
Noun edit
arpéu m (plural arpéus)
- (nautical) grappling, grapple (tool with claws or hooks)
- (nautical) grapnel (small anchor)
- Synonyms: fateixa, atiradeira
- (fishing) treble hook
- Synonym: garateia
- (figurative) something that catches, holds or harms like a grapple
- (in the plural, colloquial) nails
- (Brazil, fantasy) graphorn (magical creature from the Harry Potter series)
Further reading edit
- “arpéu” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “arpéu” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “arpéu” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “arpéu” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.