tira-agrafos

Portuguese

tira-agrafos

Etymology

From tira (“(It) removes”) +‎ agrafos (“staples”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃi.ɾɐ.aˈɡɾa.fus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃi.ɾɐ.aˈɡɾa.fus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃi.ɾɐ.aˈɡɾa.fuʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃi.ɾa.aˈɡɾa.fos/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌti.ɾɐ.ɐˈɡɾa.fuʃ/ [ˌti.ɾɐ.ɐˈɣɾa.fuʃ], /ˌti.ɾaˈɡɾa.fuʃ/ [ˌti.ɾaˈɣɾa.fuʃ]

Noun

tira-agrafos m (invariable)

1. (Portugal) staple remover (device for removing staples)

Further reading

• “tira-agrafos”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025