farrapo
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Farrapos de gaita 
Farrapos de gaita
Galician
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Etymology
Cognate with Portuguese farrapo, Spanish harapo and French friper; from farpar or harpar "to tear", ultimately of onomatopeic or Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
farrapo m (plural farrapos)
- tatter; rag
- 1845, Vicente Turnes, Diálogo entre Silvestre Cajaraville e Domingo Magariños:
- Estóu debendo na tenda
A chamarra que hoje trago
E o somonte dos calzós
Que ja estan feitos farrapos;- I owe to the shop
the coat I wear today
and the cloth of the pants,
which are already in tatters
- I owe to the shop
- carpet or blanket made of clean rags
- (usually in the plural) cord (of a bagpipe)
- Synonyms: farrapos de gaita, flocos
- snowflake
Derived terms
References
- “farrapo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “farrapo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “farrapo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “harapo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Etymology
From or related to Old Spanish harpar, from Old French harper (“to forcefully grasp”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: far‧ra‧po
Noun
farrapo m (plural farrapos)
- tatter; rag (piece of old, tattered cloth)
- rags (tattered clothes)
- a person who wears rags; a shabby person; ragamuffin
- Synonyms: farrapão, farrapeiro, farrapilha, maltrapilho
- (Brazil, historical) a participant in the Farroupilha Revolution
- Synonym: farroupilha
Derived terms
- farrapinho (diminutive), farrapozinho (diminutive)
- farrapão (augmentative)
Adjective
farrapo (feminine farrapa, masculine plural farrapos, feminine plural farrapas, not comparable)
- (relational) of the Farroupilha Revolution
- Synonyms: farroupilha, farroupilho