roupa

Galician

Roupa, Viveiro, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roupa, derived from Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raupjan, “to pluck”), from Proto-Germanic *raupijaną. Cognate with Portuguese roupa, Spanish ropa, English robe, Italian roba.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈrowpɐ]

Noun

roupa f (plural roupas)

1. clothing, clothes
   • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I., Madrid: C.S.I.C, page 19:

     Este Santiago he chamado home de luz, obrador de uerdade, et era tã santo que o omẽ que o vise cobiiçaua moyto a tãjer dos fios da sua rroupa que tragia vestida
     This James is called man of light, doer of truth, and he was such a revered person that everyone who saw him coveted to touch the threads of the clothes that he wore

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (archaic) booty

Derived terms

• gardarroupa (“wardrobe”)
• roupa de cama (“linens”)
• roupaxe (“clothing”)
• roupeiro (“wardrobe”)
• roupón (“blanket made of rags”)

References

• “roupa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “roup” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “roupa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “roupa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “roupa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roupa, from Gothic *𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰 (*raupa), from 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raupjan). Cognates include Portuguese and English robe, Italian roba, Spanish ropa. See also Portuguese roubar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).pɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).pɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈχo(ʊ̯).pɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).pa/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).pa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).pɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).pɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁow.pɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.pɐ/

• Rhymes: -owpɐ, -opa
• Hyphenation: rou‧pa

Noun

roupa f (plural roupas)

1. clothing, clothes

   Tu compras roupas. ― You buy clothes.

Usage notes

The word can mean multiple articles of clothing, even when using the singular, with it and the plural being used indiscriminately for said meaning.

Derived terms

• guarda-roupa
• roupa da cama
• roupagem

Descendants

• Macanese: rópa

Further reading

• “roupa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.