capeirote

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capeyrete, from Old Occitan capeirot. Cognate with Spanish capirote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapejˈɾɔte̝̝/

Noun

capeirote m (plural capeirotes)

1. (archaic or historical) chaperon; hood

   Synonyms: capeirón, capuchón

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, 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

Related terms

• capa
• capeirón

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “capeyrote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “capeyrote”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “capeirote”, 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), “capeirote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega