capeirote

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capeyrete, from Old Occitan capeirot. Cognate with Spanish capirote.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

capeirote m (plural capeirotes)

  1. (archaic or historical) chaperon; hood
    Synonyms: capeirón, capuchón
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 503:
      Et deytou o capeyrote atrás et bayxou hũ pouco o rrostro.
      he threw back the hood and lowered a little his face

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “capa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos