chapéu

See also: chapeu, chapèu, and chapêu

Macanese

Alternative forms

• chapêu

Etymology

Inherited from Portuguese chapéu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpɛw/
• Hyphenation: cha‧péu

Noun

chapéu

1. hat

   chapêu-côco ― bowler hat (literally, “coconut hat”)

2. cap

   chapéu-de-padre ― har gow (literally, “priest's cap”)

References

• “chapéu”, in “Lexicon”, in Macanese Heritage, 2024–2026

Portuguese

Chapéu

Alternative forms

• chapeo (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French chapel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of capelo.

Compare Galician chapeu, Spanish chapeo, chapeau, Catalan capell, Occitan capèl, French chapeau, and Italian cappello (the Galician and Spanish also being borrowings from French).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈpɛw/ [ʃaˈpɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈpɛw/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈpɛw/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈpɛw/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛw
• Hyphenation: cha‧péu

Noun

chapéu m (plural chapéus)

1. hat (head covering)
2. (regional) umbrella

   Synonyms: chapéu de chuva, guarda-chuva

3. (regional) parasol

   Synonyms: chapéu-de-sol, guarda-sol

4. (informal) circumflex accent (the diacritical mark ˆ)

   Synonyms: acento circunflexo, circunflexo, chapeuzinho

5. (Portugal, soccer, handball) chip (a goal by passing the ball over the keeper)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:chapéu.

Descendants

• → Ambonese Malay: capeu
• → Guajajára: zapew
• → Konkani: चेपें (cepẽ)
• → Ladino: chapeo
• → Manado Malay: capeo (“hat”)
• → Swahili: chepeo

Interjection

chapéu!

1. (colloquial) Expresses something is missing.

   Combinei com ele às 16h e chapéu! Não apareceu. ― I agreed to meet him at 4 pm, and bam! nothing! He didn't show up.

   Procurei as chaves por todo o lado. Chapéu! ― I looked for the keys everywhere. They are gone!

Further reading

• “chapéu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026