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alfaiate.

tailor

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/aw.fajˈa.t͡ʃi/Brazil[aʊ̯.faɪ̯ˈa.t͡ʃi]Brazil/al.fɐˈja.tɨ/Portugal[aɫ.fɐˈja.tɨ]Portugal

  1. tailor

    masculine

  2. pied avocet, a bird

    masculine

  3. water strider, an insect of the family Gerridae

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Galician alfaiate.

verb/aw.fajˈa.t͡ʃi/Brazil[aʊ̯.faɪ̯ˈa.t͡ʃi]Brazil/al.fɐˈja.tɨ/Portugal[aɫ.fɐˈja.tɨ]Portugal

  1. inflection of alfaiatar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of alfaiatar: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
Where this word comes from

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