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afia-lápis

Portuguese, noun/aˌfi.ɐˈla.pis/

afia-lápis is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pencil sharpener” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento apropriado para afiar lápis”.

What does afia-lápis mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Portugalmasculinepencil sharpener

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. instrumento apropriado para afiar lápis

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce afia-lápis?

  • Brazil /aˌfi.ɐˈla.pis/
  • /aˌfi.ɐˈla.piʃ/
  • Portugal /ɐˌfi.ɐˈla.piʃ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.