capeirote

capeirote

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician / Old Portuguese capeyrete, from Old Occitan capeirot. Cognate with Spanish capirote.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapejˈɾɔte̝̝/

Noun

capeirote m (plural capeirotes)

1. (archaic or historical) chaperon; hood
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 503:

     Et deytou o capeyrote atrás et bayxou hũ pouco o rrostro.

     he threw back the hood and lowered a little his face

   Synonyms: capeirón, capuchón

Related terms

• capa
• capeirón

References

• “capeyrote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “capeyrote” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “capeirote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “capeirote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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