escopeta

English

Noun

escopeta (plural escopetas)

1. Alternative form of escopet

Asturian

Noun

escopeta f (plural escopetes)

1. shotgun (gun)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French escopette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.kuˈpɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.koˈpə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.koˈpe.ta]

Noun

escopeta f (plural escopetes)

1. shotgun
2. pokeweed

   Synonym: raïm de moro

Derived terms

• escopetada
• escopetejar
• escopeter

Further reading

• “escopeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “escopeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “escopeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskoˈpeta/ [es̺.koˈpe.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: es‧co‧pe‧ta

Noun

escopeta f (plural escopetas)

1. shotgun

Further reading

• “escopeta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish escopeta (“rifle”), from Italian schioppetto, from schioppo (“gun, rifle”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.koˈpe.tɐ/, /es.koˈpe.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.koˈpe.tɐ/, /es.koˈpe.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.koˈpe.tɐ/, /eʃ.koˈpe.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.koˈpe.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kuˈpe.tɐ/

Noun

escopeta f (plural escopetas)

1. rifle

   Synonyms: fuzil, espingarda, rifle, refle

Further reading

• “escopeta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scoppietto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskoˈpeta/ [es.koˈpe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: es‧co‧pe‧ta

Noun

escopeta f (plural escopetas)

1. shotgun

Derived terms

• con la escopeta cargada
• escopeta de aire comprimido
• escopeta de dos cañones
• escopetazo
• escopetero

 

Descendants

• → Murui Huitoto: kobeda
• → Neapolitan: scoppetta
• → Portuguese: escopeta
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: escopieta

Further reading

• “escopeta”, 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
• escopeta on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es