alicate

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَقَّاط (laqqāṭ), via Andalusian Arabic.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.liˈka.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.liˈka.te/

  • Hyphenation: a‧li‧ca‧te

Noun

alicate m (plural alicates)

  1. pliers (gripping tool)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “alicate”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “alicate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aliˈkate/ [a.liˈka.t̪e]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: a‧li‧ca‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic لَقَّاط (laqqāṭ), via Andalusian Arabic.

Noun

alicate m (plural alicates)

  1. pliers
  2. combination pliers (UK, US), lineman's pliers (US), Kleins (US), linesman pliers (Canada), side-cutting pliers
    Synonym: alicates universales
  3. (Panama, Venezuela, Paraguay, Rioplatense) nail clippers
Usage notes
  • Often used in the plural form with the same meaning.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Cebuano: alikate

Etymology 2

Verb

alicate

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

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