farrapo

Cognate with Portuguese farrapo, Spanish harapo and French friper; from farpar or harpar "to tear", ultimately of onomatopeic or Germanic origin.[1]

• IPA^(key): /faˈrapo̝/

farrapo m (plural farrapos)

1. tatter; rag

   Synonyms: galdrapo, milfo, trapo

2. carpet or blanket made of clean rags
3. (usually in the plural) cord (of a bagpipe)

   Synonyms: farrapos de gaita, flocos

4. snowflake

• esfarrapar
• farrapa
• farrapeiro

• “farrapo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “farrapo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “farrapo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From or related to Old Spanish harpar, from Old French harper (“to forcefully grasp”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ˈʁa.pu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ˈha.po/

farrapo m (plural farrapos)

1. tatter; rag (piece of old, tattered cloth)
2. rags (tattered clothes)
3. a person who wears rags; a shabby person
4. (Brazil, historical) a participant in the Farroupilha Revolution

• (tatter): frangalho, trapo
• (shabby person): farrapão, farrapeiro, farrapilha, maltrapilho
• (participant in the Farroupilha Revolution): farroupilha

• farrapinho, farrapozinho (diminutives)
• farrapão (augmentative)

farrapo m (feminine singular farrapa, masculine plural farrapos, feminine plural farrapas, not comparable)

1. of or relating to the Farroupilha Revolution

• farroupilha, farroupilho