pé-de-cabra

Portuguese

A crowbar

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Alternative forms

• pé de cabra (misspelling)

Noun

pé-de-cabra m (plural pés-de-cabra)

1. crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, jemmy bar, prybar, pinchbar, nail bar (iron or steel bar used as a lever to manually force things apart)
2. (botany) Ipomoea pes-caprae, also known as beach morning glory or goat's foot

Further reading

• “pé-de-cabra” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “pé-de-cabra” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “pé-de-cabra” in Dicionário inFormal.