alicate

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللَقَّاط‎ (al-laqqāṭ).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈka.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈka.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈka.t(ɨ)/

Noun

alicate m (plural alicates)

pliers (gripping tool)

Derived terms

alicatão (augmentative)
alicatezinho (diminutive), alicatinho (diminutive)
alicatear

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic اللَّقَّاط‎ (*al-laqqáṭ), from Arabic اللَقَّاط‎ (al-laqqāṭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aliˈkate/ [a.liˈka.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ate
Syllabification: a‧li‧ca‧te

Noun

alicate m (plural alicates)

pliers
combination pliers (UK, US), lineman's pliers (US), Kleins (US), linesman pliers (Canada), side-cutting pliers
Synonym: alicates universales
(Argentina) nail clippers

Usage notes

Often used in the plural form with the same meaning.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Cebuano: alikate

Verb

alicate

inflection of alicatar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

“alicate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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