cabrestante

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly from Occitan cabestran; compare Spanish cabrestante. Cf. also cabresto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.bɾesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.bɾesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.bɾeʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.bɾesˈtɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɾɨʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/ [kɐ.βɾɨʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: ca‧bres‧tan‧te

Noun

cabrestante m (plural cabrestantes)

1. (nautical) capstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder used to hoist heavy weights)

Spanish

Noun

cabrestante m (plural cabrestantes)

1. (nautical) capstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder used to hoist heavy weights)

Further reading

• “cabrestante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28