trapiche

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trapiche.

Noun

trapiche (plural trapiches)

  1. A mill made of wooden rollers used to extract juice from fruit, originally olives, or from sugar cane.
  2. A star-shaped pattern of inclusions sometimes found in gemstones.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trapiche.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: tra‧pi‧che

Noun

trapiche m (plural trapiches)

  1. a storehouse near a pier in which goods that will be shipped are kept
    Synonym: alfândega
  2. (Brazil) pier
    Synonyms: cais, píer, embarcadouro

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mozarabic *trapíč, from Latin trapētum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾaˈpit͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -itʃe
  • Syllabification: tra‧pi‧che

Noun

trapiche m (plural trapiches)

  1. press, crusher (machine)
    • 2017 July 10, “Lumpen”, in El Nacional‎:
      Son, invariablemente asesinados, neutralizados, molidos en trapiches de aparataje bochornosos por líderes celosos y por sucedáneos indignos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: trapiche
  • → Portuguese: trapiche

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