gatilho
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish gatillo (“trigger”).[1]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iʎu
- Hyphenation: ga‧ti‧lho
Noun
[edit]gatilho m (plural gatilhos)
- trigger (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
- Synonym: disparador
- trigger (similar activation mechanism)
- (figuratively) trigger (event that initiates others)
- Synonym: causa
Coordinate terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “gatilho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.