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Portuguese
Etymology
From estopa + -im.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: es‧to‧pim
Noun
estopim m (plural estopins)
- fuse
- Synonyms: fusível, pavio, mecha, rastilho, torcida
- (figurative) an important event that causes a succession of other events