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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gatillo (“trigger”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iʎu
- Hyphenation: ga‧ti‧lho
Noun
gatilho m (plural gatilhos)
- trigger (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
- Synonym: disparador
- trigger (similar activation mechanism)
- (figuratively) trigger (event that initiates others)
- Synonym: causa
- (psychology) trigger (stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gatilho”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “gatilho”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
- “gatilho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “gatilho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “gatilho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024