parapeito

Portuguese

Etymology

para (“stops”) +‎ peito (“chest”), Italian parapetto.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈ.pɐj.tu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpa.ɾa.ˈpej.tu/

Noun

parapeito m (plural parapeitos)

  1. parapet (low wall to prevent people from falling over an edge)
    • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 104:
      Ela estava sentada no parapeito da janela do quarto [...]
      She was sitting on the parapet of the window of the room [...]
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