peperete

Galician

Alternative forms

• piperete

Etymology

Attested since 1884. Probably borrowed from English pepperette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɪpeˈɾetɪ]

Noun

peperete m (plural peperetes)

1. delicacy; snack
   • 1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, 58 [periodical]:

     ninguén come pavo: saben por esperencia que pra eles voan polas nubes e que non chegan a collé-los, e no caso de pensar neles, pensan nos da caste que comen as señoritas nos bailes. Teñen deprendido que eses pavos que se comen dempois de enché-los de pipiretes; nin chegan a medias merendas prós que trunfan e mandan.

     nobody eats turkey: they know from experience that, for them, turkeys fly among the clouds and can't be caught; and in case of thinking of them, they though about those that the ladies eat at the balls. They have learnt that those turkeys that are eaten after being stuffed with delicacies are barely half a snack for the ones who succeed and rule.

   Synonyms: lambetada, lambonada

2. (figurative, dated) a pretty girl

References

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

Italian

Verb

peperete

1. second-person plural future of pepare