arpéu
Portuguese, noun/aʁˈpɛw/
arpéu is spelled A-R-P-É-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese, the 215,563rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arpéu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “grappling, grapple (tool with claws or hooks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gancho, garfo longo para aproximar os navios, arpão simples”.
What does arpéu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrappling, grapple (tool with claws or hooks)
- 2
masculinegrapnel (small anchor)
- 3
masculinetreble hook
- 4
masculinesomething that catches, holds or harms like a grapple
- 5
colloquialmasculinenails
- 6
Brazilmasculinegraphorn (magical creature from the Harry Potter series)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gancho, garfo longo para aproximar os navios, arpão simples 2. âncora pequena
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.
Forms of arpéu
- arpéus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arpéu?
- Brazil /aʁˈpɛw/
- Brazil [ahˈpɛʊ̯]
- /aɾˈpɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arpéu in Portuguese?
arpéu appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).