grampo

See also: grampó

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin, from English grampus, ultimately from Latin crassius (“fat”) + piscis (“fish”).

Noun

grampo m (plural grampi)

1. kind of grey dolphin (Grampus griseus)

Portuguese

Etymology

From grampa, from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”). See also cãibra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.pu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃pu
• Hyphenation: gram‧po

Noun

grampo m (plural grampos)

1. (nautical) clamp
2. (Brazil) clip, staple, holdfast (U-shaped)

   Synonym: (Portugal) agrafo

3. (slang) bug (electronic listening device)
4. (Brazil, slang) handcuff
5. (Brazil) hairpin

Synonyms

• (clamp): grampa
• (hairpin, Portugal): gancho

Derived terms

• grampear

Further reading

• “grampo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024