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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/
Noun
rapariga f (plural raparigas)
- girl
- Synonyms: meniña, moza, nena, rapaza
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
- 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