escarapela

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1808. Possibly from Spanish escarapela, perhaps from Portuguese escarpelar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eskɑɾaˈpɛlɐ]

Noun

escarapela m (plural escarapelas)

1. cockade; insignia
   • 1808, anonymous author, Un labrador que foi sarxento:

     Salirán cando volvades,
     Para traervos en trunfo
     Con gaitas e con ferreñas,
     Todal as Mozas de rumbo.
     Veredes como se botan
     Todal as Vellas de bruzos
     Para darvos moitos bicos
     Por pés, por pernas, e muslos.
     Cada Escarapela vosa
     Dirán que val un escudo
     E para gardal a casa
     Tanto coma un bon trabuco.

     They'll come out on your return [from the war with the French]
     to bring you in triumph
     with bagpipes and jingles,
     all the girls along the way.
     You'll see how
     all the old ladies lie face down
     To give many kisses
     on your feet, legs and thighs.
     Each one of your cockades
     worths a shield/escudo, they'll say,
     and for guarding the house,
     as much as a blunderbuss

Related terms

• carapela
• escarapelar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escarapela”, 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), “escarapela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escarapela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaɾaˈpela/ [es.ka.ɾaˈpe.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧ra‧pe‧la

Etymology 1

Deverbal from escarapelar.

Noun

escarapela f (plural escarapelas)

1. cockade

Etymology 2

Verb

escarapela

1. inflection of escarapelar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “escarapela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10