Galician edit

 
Roupa, Viveiro, Galicia

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA(key): [ˈrowpɐ]

Noun edit

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 edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

 
 

  • Hyphenation: rou‧pa

Noun edit

roupa f (plural roupas)

  1. clothing, clothes
    Tu compras roupas.You buy clothes.

Usage notes edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Macanese: rópa

Further reading edit