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Verb
alçaprema
- inflection of alçapremar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From alçar + premar.
Pronunciation
Noun
alçaprema f (plural alçapremas)
- lever
- Synonym: alavanca
- trap for birds
- Synonyms: boiz, aboiz
- stone placed below a level to support it
- Synonym: fulcro
- (dentistry) instrument used for tooth extraction
- object used to hold the snout of animals
- Synonym: aziar
- wood stick used to support a plummet
- leather strip used by shoemakers to fasten the handles
- (figuratively) affliction, woe
- (historical, Madeira) artisanal mill for sugar cane
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
alçaprema
- inflection of alçapremar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative