alfinete

== Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Arabic خِلَال (ḵilāl, “pin, peg”), via Andalusian Arabic. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): [ˌawfiˈneti] Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te ==== Noun ==== alfinete m (plural alfinetes) pin (small needle with no eye) safety pin Synonyms: alfinete de segurança, alfinete de ama, alfinete de bebé, alfinete de dama, alfinete de fralda (Diabrotica speciosa) cucurbit beetle Synonyms: bicho-galo, aresta, bicha-amarela, bicha-do-milho, câncer, travela ===== Quotations ===== For quotations using this term, see Citations:alfinete. ===== Derived terms ===== alfineteira, alfinetada, alfinetado, alfinetar ===== Descendants ===== ⇒ Hindi: आलपीन (ālpīn) → Maithili: आलपीन (ālᵊpīn) → Konkani: आलफिनेत (ālphinet) → Ladino: alfinete → Javanese: ꦥꦤꦶꦠꦶ (paniti), ꦥꦼꦤꦶꦠꦶ (peniti) → Malay: alpeniti, peniti Indonesian: peniti → Sinhalese: අල්පෙනෙත්තිය (alpenettiya) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te ==== Verb ==== alfinete inflection of alfinetar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “alfinete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alfinete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “alfinete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026