chapeleta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃa.peˈle.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃa.peˈle.ta/
 

  • Rhymes: -etɐ
  • Hyphenation: cha‧pe‧le‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old French chapelet (“small hat”). By surface analysis, chapéu +‎ -eta.

Alternative forms

  • chapelete

Noun

chapeleta f (plural chapeletas)

  1. diminutive of chapéu (“small hat”)
    Synonym: chapeuzinho
  2. ricochet
  3. (plumbing) flapper valve
  4. (plumbing) bonnet (metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers)
  5. (climbing) hanger (device secured by a bolt and used to attach a carabiner)
  6. (mycology) mushroom cap
    Synonyms: chapéu, píleo, piléu
  7. (Portugal, colloquial) a blow on the head
  8. (Brazil, vulgar, colloquial) glans penis

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Maybe from chapa.

Noun

chapeleta f (plural chapeletas)

  1. rosette or red colors on the face

Further reading

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