atafona

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese atafona, from Arabic طَاحُونَة (ṭāḥūna, “mill”), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Galician tafona and Spanish tahona. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧ta‧fo‧na === Noun === atafona f (plural atafonas) water mill with a vertical water wheel Synonym: azenha === Further reading === “atafona”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “atafona”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “atafona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026