apertamento

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧per‧ta‧men‧to === Etymology 1 === From apertar (“to press; to clench; to tighten”) +‎ -mento. ==== Noun ==== apertamento m (plural apertamentos) the act of pressing, clenching or tightening (dentistry) clenching (excessive clenching of one’s jaw) === Etymology 2 === Blend of aperto (“cram; tightness”) +‎ apartamento (“apartment”). ==== Noun ==== apertamento m (plural apertamentos) (humorous) a very small apartment; microflat; microapartment === Further reading === “apertamento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “apertamento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026