corta-tubos

See also: cortatubos

Portuguese

A pipe cutter

Cutting copper pipe with a close quarters tubing cutter

Etymology

From corta (“cut”) +‎ tubos (“tubes, pipes”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔʁ.tɐˈtu.bus/ [ˌkɔh.tɐˈtu.bus]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔʁ.tɐˈtu.bus/ [ˌkɔh.tɐˈtu.bus]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɾ.tɐˈtu.bus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔʁ.tɐˈtu.buʃ/ [ˌkɔχ.tɐˈtu.buʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɻ.taˈtu.bos/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɾ.tɐˈtu.buʃ/ [ˌkɔɾ.tɐˈtu.βuʃ]

• Hyphenation: cor‧ta‧-tu‧bos

Noun

corta-tubos m (invariable)

1. pipe cutter, pipecutter

Further reading

• “corta-tubos”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “corta-tubos”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024