mampara

English

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly an imitative rendition of the call of the Cape Turtle Dove. A slang term used by hunters for this particularly silly pigeon.

• Cape Turtle Dove:

  (file)

Noun

mampara (plural mamparas)

1. (South Africa, slang) A fool; a buffoon.

   Every week the Sunday Times names and shames a mampara—generally a public figure who has said or done something so idiotic that it boggles the mind.

Translations

mampara

• Russian: телепузик недели m (telepuzik nedeli)

Afrikaans

Noun

mampara (plural mamparas)

1. Alternative form of mamparra

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from mamparar, alteration of emparar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məmˈpa.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mamˈpa.ɾa]

Noun

mampara f (plural mampares)

1. (nautical) bulkhead
2. partition, partition wall

Further reading

• “mampara” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From archaic mamparar (“to safeguard”), possibly from Latin manu parāre (“stop with the hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mamˈpaɾa/ [mãmˈpa.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: mam‧pa‧ra

Noun

mampara f (plural mamparas)

1. panel (small movable screen)

   Synonym: panel

2. shower screen, shower door (ellipsis of mampara de ducha.)

Related terms

• mamparo (“bulkhead”)

 

Further reading

• “mampara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16