rapariga

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Rhymes: -iɡa
Rhymes: -iħa

Hyphenation: ra‧pa‧ri‧ga

Noun

rapariga f (plural raparigas)

girl
Synonyms: meniña, moza, nena, rapaza

Related terms

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rapariga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rapariga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rapariga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rapariga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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]
- (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)

(Portugal, dated in Brazil) girl, young lady
Synonyms: moça, miúda, cachopa
(Brazil, derogatory) hooker, whore, slut, female prostitute
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta

See also

rapaz

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