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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese rapariga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from rapaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /rapaˈɾiɡa/
- IPA(key): (gheada) /rapaˈɾiħa/
- (standard) Rhymes: -iɡa
- (gheada) Rhymes: -iħa
Noun
rapariga f (plural raparigas)
- girl
- Synonyms: meniña, moza, nena, rapaza
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese rapariga, from raparigo (now only dialectal), *raprigo, from Leonese rapiego.
Pronunciation
- 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
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