estopim

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From estopa +‎ -im. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ĩ Hyphenation: es‧to‧pim === Noun === estopim m (plural estopins) fuse Synonyms: fusível, pavio, mecha, rastilho, torcida (figurative) spark (a small event that causes a succession of other events) === Further reading === “estopim”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “estopim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026