alçaprema
Portuguese
Etymology
From alçar + premar.
Noun
alçaprema f (plural alçapremas)
- lever
- Synonym: alavanca
- trap for birds
- Synonyms: boiz, aboiz
- stone placed below a level to support it
- Synonym: fulcro
- (dentistry) instrument used for tooth extraction
- object used to hold the snout of animals
- Synonym: aziar
- wood stick used to support a plummet
- leather strip used by shoemakers to fasten the handles
- (figurative) affliction, woe
- (historical, Madeira) artisanal mill for sugar cane
Verb
alçaprema
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of alçapremar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of alçapremar