sarrafo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈʁa.fu/ [saˈha.fu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈʁa.fu/ [saˈha.fu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saˈʁa.fu/ [saˈχa.fu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈʁa.fo/ [saˈha.fo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈʁa.fu/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic صَرَّف (ṣarraf).

Noun

sarrafo m (plural sarrafos)

1. (construction) beam (large piece of prepared timber)

   Synonym: ripa

Etymology 2

Verb

sarrafo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sarrafar

Further reading

• “sarrafo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sarrafo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026