farrapo

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Galician[edit]

Farrapos de gaita
Farrapos de gaita

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Portuguese farrapo, Spanish harapo and French friper; from farpar or harpar "to tear", ultimately of onomatopeic or Germanic origin.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

farrapo m (plural farrapos)

  1. tatter; rag
    Synonyms: galdrapo, milfo, trapo
    • 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
  2. carpet or blanket made of clean rags
  3. (usually in the plural) cord (of a bagpipe)
    Synonyms: farrapos de gaita, flocos
  4. snowflake

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “harapo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From or related to Old Spanish harpar, from Old French harper (“to forcefully grasp”).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: far‧ra‧po

Noun[edit]

farrapo m (plural farrapos)

  1. tatter; rag (piece of old, tattered cloth)
    Synonyms: frangalho, trapo
  2. rags (tattered clothes)
  3. a person who wears rags; a shabby person; ragamuffin
    Synonyms: farrapão, farrapeiro, farrapilha, maltrapilho
  4. (Brazil, historical) a participant in the Farroupilha Revolution
    Synonym: farroupilha

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Adjective[edit]

farrapo (feminine farrapa, masculine plural farrapos, feminine plural farrapas, not comparable)

  1. (relational) of the Farroupilha Revolution
    Synonyms: farroupilha, farroupilho

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