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trado.

auger (tool for boring holes in wood)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɾa.du/Brazil/ˈtɾa.du/Portugal[ˈtɾa.ðu]Portugal/ˈtɾa.du/Portugal
  1. auger (tool for boring holes in wood)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese traado (13th century), from Late Latin taratrum (“auger”), attested by Isidore of Seville. Either from Paleo-Hispanic or from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *taratrom, from Proto-Indo-European *térh₁-tro-. Alternatively from Ancient Greek τέρετρον (téretron, “borer, gimlet”). Compare Galician trade, Spanish taladro.

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