parafuso

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”).

• IPA^(key): [paraˈfusʊ]

parafuso m (plural parafusos)

1. screw

   Synonym: tarraxa

2. auger

   Synonym: trade

3. double spindle for twisting the thread

   Synonym: trouzo

• fuso

• “perafuso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “perafuso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “parafuso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “parafuso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “parafuso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧fu‧so

parafuso

Uncertain. Possibly from para- +‎ fuso, from Medieval Latin *pare fusu or from Spanish parahúso.

parafuso m (plural parafusos)

1. screw

   Synonym: tarraxa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

parafuso

1. first-person singular present indicative of parafusar