zester and channel knife

12:43 Jul 23, 2015 

I have to agree, and that's I struggle to find the word that is just right to the context. And because of the context, I would rather use the name "raspador decorativo de cítricos" (not citrinos, here in Brasil) because that's what it was intended to be. Raspador de limão is as general as call a lancet, a knife. LOL. Thank you all guys for the answers.

09:51 Jul 23, 2015 

Raspador de Limão is used by 99.999% of the Portuguese speaking world both domestically and commercially to describe the item in question, and as (in the opinion of noted grammarians) there is NO SUCH THING as a SYNONYM - Raspador de Citrinos is a more generic description of the utensil. However, I personally like to call a "Spade a Spade" rather than "A tool or untensil, the primary function of which is to dig (not move earth as that would imply the use of a shovel) for the intended (or supposed) purpose of the user, notwithstanding other secondary purposes the use thereof. ;-)