capeirote

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese capeyrete, from Old Occitan capeirot. Cognate with Spanish capirote.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

capeirote m (plural capeirotes)

  1. (archaic or historical) chaperon; hood
    Synonyms: capeirón, capuchón
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 503:
      Et deytou o capeyrote atrás et bayxou hũ pouco o rrostro.
      he threw back the hood and lowered a little his face

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • capeyrote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • capeyrote” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • capeirote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • capeirote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “capa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos