sarrafo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(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)

(construction) beam (large piece of prepared timber)
Synonym: ripa

Etymology 2

Verb

sarrafo

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