chupeta

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈpeta̝/

Etymology 1

A diminutive of chopa, from Old French eschope (“small wooden shop”),[1] from Middle Dutch schoppe,[2] from Proto-Germanic *skup- (“shed, stall”).

Noun

chupeta f (plural chupetas)

  1. (nautical) small compartment aboard a boat
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From chupar (“to suck”).

Noun

chupeta f (plural chupetas)

  1. (colloquial) cigarette, smoke
    Outra vez dándolle á chupeta? Tes que deixar de fumar!
    Again with the cigarette? You must quit smoking!

References

  1. ↑ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. chupeta.
  2. ↑ “échoppe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

chupeta

Etymology

From chupar (“to suck”), from Spanish chupar, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃu.ˈpe.ta/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃu.ˈpe.tɐ/
  • Hyphenation: chu‧pe‧ta

Noun

chupeta f (plural chupetas)

  1. pacifier (for a baby)
  2. (vulgar) blowjob (fellatio)

Spanish

Noun

chupeta f (plural chupetas)

  1. (Venezuela) lollipop
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