solapa

See also: solapá

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Verb

solapa

1. inflection of solapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

solapa

1. inflection of solapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈla.pɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈla.pɐ/

• Hyphenation: so‧la‧pa
• Rhymes: -apɐ

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Portuguese so-

Portuguese lapa

Portuguese solapa

From so- + lapa.

Noun

solapa f (plural solapas)

1. hidden excavation

Etymology 2

Verb

solapa

1. inflection of solapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “solapa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “solapa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlapa/ [soˈla.pa]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: so‧la‧pa

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Spanish so-

Spanish lapa?

Spanish solapa

Maybe from solape. However, according to Corominas-Pascual, the first element is so- (“under”) and the second element is likely derived from lapa (“protruding stone”).

Noun

solapa f (plural solapas)

1. lapel
2. inside flap of a book cover (typically containing a summary or information about the author)

Derived terms

• solapar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

solapa

1. inflection of solapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “solapa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• Palaos

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sulapa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Spanish so-

Spanish lapa?

Spanish solapabor.

Tagalog solapa

Borrowed from Spanish solapa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /soˈlapa/ [soˈlaː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: so‧la‧pa

Noun

solapa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜉ)

1. lapel

   Synonym: pitsera

References

• “solapa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• palaso