corta-tubos

See also: cortatubos

Portuguese

A pipe cutter

Cutting copper pipe with a close quarters tubing cutter

Etymology

From corta (“cut”) +‎ tubos (“tubes, pipes”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔʁ.tɐˈtu.bus/ [ˌkɔh.tɐˈtu.bus]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɾ.tɐˈtu.bus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔʁ.tɐˈtu.buʃ/ [ˌkɔχ.tɐˈtu.buʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɻ.taˈtu.bos/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɾ.tɐˈtu.buʃ/ [ˌkɔɾ.tɐˈtu.βuʃ]

Hyphenation: cor‧ta‧-tu‧bos

Noun

corta-tubos m (invariable)

pipe cutter, pipecutter

Further reading

“corta-tubos” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
“corta-tubos” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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