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): /paɾaˈfuso/ [pa.ɾaˈfu.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -uso

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

• 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: ILG
• 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

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