rapariga

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rapariga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from rapaz.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /rapaˈɾiɡa/ [ra.paˈɾi.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /rapaˈɾiɡa/ [ra.paˈɾi.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /rapaˈɾiħa/ [ra.paˈɾi.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -iɡa

• (standard) Rhymes: -iɡa
• (gheada) Rhymes: -iħa

• Hyphenation: ra‧pa‧ri‧ga

Noun

rapariga f (plural raparigas)

1. girl

   Synonyms: meniña, moza, nena, rapaza

Related terms

• raparigo
• rapaz

References

• “rapariga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “rapariga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rapariga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rapariga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rapariga, from raparigo (now only dialectal), *raprigo, from Leonese rapiego.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.paˈɾi.ɡɐ/ [ha.paˈɾi.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.paˈɾi.ɡɐ/ [ha.paˈɾi.ɡɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.paˈɾi.ɡɐ/ [χa.paˈɾi.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.paˈɾi.ɡa/ [ha.paˈɾi.ɡa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.pɐˈɾi.ɡɐ/ [ʁɐ.pɐˈɾi.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: -iɡɐ
• Hyphenation: ra‧pa‧ri‧ga

Noun

rapariga f (plural raparigas)

1. (Portugal, dated in Brazil) girl, young lady

   Synonyms: moça, miúda, cachopa

2. (Brazil, derogatory) hooker, whore, slut, female prostitute

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta

See also

• rapaz