roupa

From Old Portuguese roupa, derived from Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raupjan, “to pluck”), from Proto-Germanic *raupijaną. Cognate with Portuguese roupa, Spanish ropa, English robe, Italian roba.

IPA^(key): /ˈrowpa̝/

roupa f (plural roupas)

1. clothing, clothes
   • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I., Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 19:

     Este Santiago he chamado home de luz, obrador de uerdade, et era tã santo que o omẽ que o vise cobiiçaua moyto a tãjer dos fios da sua rroupa que tragia vestida

     This James is called man of light, doer of truth, and he was such a revered person that everyone who saw him coveted to touch the threads of the clothes that he wore

2. (archaic) booty

• gardaroupa (“wardrobe”)
• roupa de cama (“linens”)
• roupaxe (“clothing”)
• roupeiro (“wardrobe”)
• roupón (“blanket made of rags”)

• “roupa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “roup” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “roupa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “roupa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “roupa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese roupa, from Gothic *𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰 (*raupa), from 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raupjan). Cognates include Portuguese robe, English robe, Italian roba, Spanish ropa. See also Portuguese roubar.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁow.pɐ/, /ˈʁo.pɐ/
• Hyphenation: rou‧pa

roupa f (plural roupas)

1. clothing, clothes

   Tu compras roupas. ― You buy clothes.

• guarda-roupa
• roupa da cama
• roupagem

• “roupa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.