chaveta

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From chave +‎ -eta. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cha‧ve‧ta === Noun === chaveta f (plural chavetas) linchpin; cotter pin; split pin (a pin to secure something in it axis) (typography, mathematics) brace, curly bracket Synonym: chave === Further reading === “chaveta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “chaveta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sicilian ciavetta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈbeta/ [t͡ʃaˈβ̞e.t̪a] Rhymes: -eta Syllabification: cha‧ve‧ta === Noun === chaveta f (plural chavetas) forelock, cotter pin, split pin peg (colloquial) head (Cuba, Dominican Republic) a kind knife used by tobacco and shoe makers === Adjective === chaveta m or f (masculine and feminine plural chavetas) (colloquial) crazy, nuts ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “chaveta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025