parafuso

Galician

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paraˈfusʊ]

Noun

parafuso m (plural parafusos)

1. screw

   Synonym: tarraxa

2. auger

   Synonym: trade

3. double spindle for twisting the thread

   Synonym: trouzo

Related terms

• fuso

References

• “perafuso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “perafuso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “parafuso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “parafuso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “parafuso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈfu.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈfu.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈfu.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈfu.zu/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧fu‧so

Etymology 1

parafuso

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

Noun

parafuso m (plural parafusos)

1. screw

   Synonym: tarraxa

Derived terms

• aparafusar
• entrar em parafuso
• parafusado
• parafusar
• parafuso de Arquimedes
• ter um parafuso a menos

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

parafuso

1. first-person singular present indicative of parafusar