alfinete

from Andalusian Arabic اَلْخِلَال‎ (al-ḵilāl), from Arabic خِلَال‎ (ḵilāl, “pin, peg”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˌaɫfiˈnetɨ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌawfiˈnetʃi]
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌawfiˈnete]
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): [ˌawfiˈneti]

alfinete m (plural alfinetes)

1. pin (small needle with no eye)
2. safety pin

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:alfinete.

• alfineteira, alfinetada, alfinetado, alfinetar

Non-lemma forms.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aɫ.fi.nɛ.ti/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fi.ˈnɛ.t(ʃ)i/
• Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛt(ʃ)i

alfinete

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of alfinetar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of alfinetar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of alfinetar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of alfinetar