alcatruz

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic قَادُوس (qādūs), borrowed from Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos). === Noun === alcatruz m (plural alcatruzes) bucket attached to a noria concrete pipe used for water canalisation ==== Descendants ==== Galician: alcatruz Portuguese: alcatruz→ Spanish: alcatruz === References === “alcatruz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 Machado, José Pedro (1995), “alcatruz”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I (A–B), Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 182, column 1 == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese alcatruz (“noria bucket”), from Arabic الْقَادُوس (al-qādūs, “skep”), from Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, “bucket”). Compare with Spanish arcaduz, Catalan caduf, and Sicilian catusu. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃ Hyphenation: al‧ca‧truz === Noun === alcatruz m (plural alcatruzes) bucket attached to a noria (Algarve) clay pot used to capture octopuses (Portugal) concrete pipe used for water canalisation (colloquial, Portugal, chiefly plural) large and heavy boots Synonym: botifarra (nautical, Brazil) scoop of a dredger ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:alcatruz. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Spanish: alcatruz === References === “alcatruz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 Machado, José Pedro (1995), “alcatruz”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I (A–B), Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 182, column 1 “alcatruz”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “alcatruz”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN === Further reading === “alcatruz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026