escopeta

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English

Noun

escopeta (plural escopetas)

  1. Alternative form of escopet

Asturian

Noun

escopeta f (plural escopetes)

  1. shotgun (gun)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French escopette.

Pronunciation

Noun

escopeta f (plural escopetes)

  1. shotgun
  2. pokeweed
    Synonym: raïm de moro

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Noun

escopeta f (plural escopetas)

  1. shotgun

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish escopeta (“rifle”), from Italian schioppetto, from schioppo (“gun, rifle”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

escopeta f (plural escopetas)

  1. rifle
    Synonyms: fuzil, espingarda, rifle, refle

Further reading

  • “escopeta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scoppietto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskoˈpeta/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: es‧co‧pe‧ta

Noun

escopeta f (plural escopetas)

  1. shotgun

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Murui Huitoto: kobeda
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: escopieta

Further reading

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