chave.
key (object that opens and closes a lock)
Meaning & usage
key (object that opens and closes a lock)
Chave do portão
key (object that is inserted into a device and rotated to activate it)
Chave do carro
any of several tools designed to turn screws, bolts, nuts, etc., especially a spanner
Chave de fenda/chave de fendas
curly bracket (name of the characters { and })
Coloque o valor entre chaves.
key (crucial step, element or requirement)
Terminar dentro do prazo é a chave para o sucesso.
keys (free access to something)
key; password
key (a string used to encode or decode text)
key (value that identifies a row in a table)
a key of a wind instrument
tuning lever; tuning wrench; hammer (tool used to tune certain stringed instruments)
winder (key or knob used to wind a clockwork mechanism)
the switch of a circuit breaker
the clue to an answer
group; pool (in a tournament, a set of players or team who play against one another)
joint lock
the mechanism that activates a switch
the keystone of a vault
synonym of clave
clavis; key (groups of information used for identifying a taxon)
chave dicotômica/dicotómica
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese chave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”), from Proto-Italic *klāwis (“bolt, lock, bar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) (possibly through an Ancient Greek intermediate). Doublet of clave, a learned borrowing. Cognate with Galician chave, Spanish llave, Catalan and Occitan clau, French clé, Italian chiave and Romanian cheie.
key; crucial; indispensable
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese chave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”), from Proto-Italic *klāwis (“bolt, lock, bar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) (possibly through an Ancient Greek intermediate). Doublet of clave, a learned borrowing. Cognate with Galician chave, Spanish llave, Catalan and Occitan clau, French clé, Italian chiave and Romanian cheie.
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