cutelo

Meaning

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

Concepts

cleaver

chopper

cutlass

hogback

knife

🔪

meat cleaver

razorblade

blade

razor blade

Synonyms

alfanje

Translations

Cleaver

mes

🔪

cuchilla

🔪

fendoir

μπαλτάς

couperet

mannaia

🪓

coltella

mannarino

Hackmesser

lemmer

lemmet

huelha

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kuˈtɛ.lu/

Etymology

Inherited from 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".