alçaprema

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) lever
2. (feminine) trap for birds
3. (feminine) stone placed below a level to support it
4. (feminine) instrument used for tooth extraction
5. (feminine) object used to hold the snout of animals
6. (feminine) wood stick used to support a plummet
7. (feminine) leather strip used by shoemakers to fasten the handles
8. (feminine, figuratively) affliction, woe
9. (Madeira, feminine, historical) artisanal mill for sugar cane

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of alçapremar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of alçapremar:

alçapremar

to lift with a lever

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Translations

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌaw.saˈpɾẽ.mɐ/

Etymology

From alçar + premar.