alfinete

Portuguese

alfinete

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَال (ḵilāl, “pin, peg”), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fiˈne.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.fiˈne.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fiˈne.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.fiˈne.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fiˈne.te/ [aʊ̯.fiˈne.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fiˈne.tɨ/ [aɫ.fiˈne.tɨ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌawfiˈneti]
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
• Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te

Noun

alfinete m (plural alfinetes)

1. pin (small needle with no eye)
2. safety pin
3. (entomology) (Diabrotica speciosa) cucurbit beetle

   Synonyms: bicho-galo, aresta, bicha-amarela, bicha-do-milho, câncer, travela

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alfinete.

Derived terms

• alfineteira, alfinetada, alfinetado, alfinetar

Descendants

• → Hindi: आलपीन (ālpīn)
• → Konkani: आलफिनेत (ālphinet)
• → Ladino: alfinete
• → Javanese: ꦥꦤꦶꦠꦶ (paniti), ꦥꦼꦤꦶꦠꦶ (peniti)
• → Malay: alpeniti, peniti
  • Indonesian: peniti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fiˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.fiˈnɛ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fiˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.fiˈnɛ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fiˈnɛ.te/ [aʊ̯.fiˈnɛ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fiˈnɛ.tɨ/ [aɫ.fiˈnɛ.tɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te

Verb

alfinete

1. inflection of alfinetar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “alfinete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “alfinete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024