chapeleta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.peˈle.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.peˈle.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.peˈle.ta/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.pɨˈle.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.pɨˈle.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐ.pɨˈle.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: cha‧pe‧le‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old French chapelet (“small hat”). By surface analysis, chapéu +‎ -eta.

Alternative forms

• chapelete

Noun

chapeleta f (plural chapeletas)

1. Diminutive of chapéu (“small hat”)

   Synonym: chapeuzinho

2. ricochet
3. (plumbing) flapper valve
4. (plumbing) bonnet (metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers)
5. (climbing) hanger (device secured by a bolt and used to attach a carabiner)
6. (mycology) mushroom cap

   Synonyms: chapéu, píleo, piléu

7. (Portugal, colloquial) a blow on the head
8. (Brazil, vulgar, colloquial) glans penis

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Maybe from chapa.

Noun

chapeleta f (plural chapeletas)

1. rosette or red colors on the face

Further reading

• “chapeleta” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “chapeleta” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “chapeleta” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “chapeleta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.