gardarroupa

Galician

A cloakroom

A wardrobe, closet

A baby wearing many items of winter clothing: headband, cap, fur-lined coat, shawl and sweater

Etymology

Attested since 1326. From gardar (“to keep”) + roupa (“clothes”). Cognate with Portuguese guarda-roupa, French garde-robe, English wardrobe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaɾðaˈrowpɐ]

Noun

gardarroupa m (plural gardarroupas)

1. wardrobe (room used for keeping clothes)

   Synonym: vestiario

   • 1326, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 300:

     o pano grande ancho que se enna archa da guarda roupa

     the large and broad cloth that is inside the chest in the wardrobe

2. wardrobe (furniture)

   Synonyms: armario, roupeiro

3. wardrobe, clothing (the contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing)

   Synonym: vestiario

4. cotton lavender (Santolina chamaecyparissus; an aromatic plant used as an insect repellent)

   Synonyms: abrótano femia, herba da loba

Noun

gardarroupa m or f by sense (plural gardarroupas)

1. cloakroom attendant

Related terms

• gardar
• roupa

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “guarda roupa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gardarroupa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “gardarroupa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega