Portuguese
Masculine

cutelo

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  1. (masculine) cleaver (heavy square knife used by butchers)
  2. (masculine) brick knife
  3. (masculine) each of the prismatic pieces on whose edges the oscillatory movements of the scales are carried out
  4. (in-plural, masculine) feathers on the tip of the falcon's wings
  5. (in-plural, masculine) auxiliary sails that are set in the extension of the round sails

Frequency

34k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kuˈtɛ.lu/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
Latin
cultellus
Borrowed from Kabuverdianu
kutelo
In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese cuitelo, coitelo (“knife”), from Latin cultellus (“small knife”), diminutive of culter. Compare Italian coltello, Spanish cuchillo and French couteau, all meaning "knife".

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