cabrestante

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly from Occitan cabestran; compare Spanish cabrestante. Cf. also cabresto.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.bɾesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.bɾeʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.bɾesˈtɐ̃.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɾɨʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/ [kɐ.βɾɨʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ]

Hyphenation: ca‧bres‧tan‧te

Noun

cabrestante m (plural cabrestantes)

(nautical) capstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder used to hoist heavy weights)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Noun

cabrestante m (plural cabrestantes)

(nautical) capstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder used to hoist heavy weights)

Further reading

“cabrestante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025