esparadrapo
Portuguese
Etymology
From Medieval Latin sparadrapum, of obscure origin. Compare Spanish esparadrapo, Catalan esparadrap, French sparadrap, Italian sparadrappo, Sicilian sparatrappu.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pa.ɾaˈdɾa.pu/, /es.pa.ɾaˈdɾa.pu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pa.ɾaˈdɾa.pu/, /eʃ.pa.ɾaˈdɾa.pu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pa.ɾaˈdɾa.po/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐ.ɾɐˈdɾa.pu/ [(i)ʃ.pɐ.ɾɐˈðɾa.pu]
- Rhymes: -apu
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧ra‧dra‧po
Noun
esparadrapo m (plural esparadrapos)
- bandage (binding to close wounds)
Further reading
- “esparadrapo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “esparadrapo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Noun
esparadrapo m (plural esparadrapos)
Further reading
- “esparadrapo”, 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