agrafo

From English agraffe, Russian агра́ф (agráf), Polish agrafa, German Agraffe, all from French agrafe.

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡrafo/

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• Rhymes: -afo
• Syllabification: a‧gra‧fo

agrafo (accusative singular agrafon, plural agrafoj, accusative plural agrafojn)

1. fastener:
   1. staple
   2. hook and eye fastening
   3. clasp

• agrafi (“to staple, fasten”)
• agrafingo (“eye (of a hook-and-eye fastening)”)
• malagrafi (“to unfasten”)

Borrowed from English agraffe, French agrafe, German Agraffe, Italian graffetta, Russian агра́ф (agráf), Spanish gafete. Decision no. 1228, Progreso VII.

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡrafo/

agrafo (plural agrafi)

1. hook, hook and eye (to fasten dresses, etc.)
2. clasp (for book lids, cloaks, etc.)
3. snap (of a necklace, bracelet, etc.)
4. (ancient) agraffe

• klaspo (archaic)

• agrafagar (“to hook, clasp”)
• desagrafagar (“to unclasp, unhook”)
• klozagrafo (“clasp, buckle, snap”)
• riagrafagar (“to reclasp, hook (something) again”)

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 78
• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 69

• Rhymes: -afu
• Hyphenation: a‧gra‧fo

Borrowed from French agrafe.

• agrafe

agrafo m (plural agrafos)

1. (Portugal) staple (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)

   Synonym: (Brazil) grampo

   O agrafador ficou sem agrafos.

   The stapler ran out of staples.

• agrafador
• agrafar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

agrafo

1. first-person singular present indicative of agrafar

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