escopeta
English
Noun
escopeta (plural escopetas)
- Alternative form of escopet.
Asturian
Noun
escopeta f (plural escopetes)
- shotgun (gun)
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French escopette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [əs.kuˈpɛ.tə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.koˈpə.tə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.koˈpe.ta]
Noun
escopeta f (plural escopetes)
- shotgun
- pokeweed
- Synonym: raïm de moro
Derived terms
- escopetada
- escopetejar
- escopeter
Further reading
- “escopeta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “escopeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “escopeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskoˈpeta/ [es̺.koˈpe.t̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Hyphenation: es‧co‧pe‧ta
Noun
escopeta f (plural escopetas)
Further reading
- “escopeta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish escopeta (“rifle”), from Italian schioppetto, from schioppo (“gun, rifle”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.koˈpe.tɐ/, /es.koˈpe.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.koˈpe.tɐ/, /eʃ.koˈpe.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.koˈpe.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kuˈpe.tɐ/
Noun
escopeta f (plural escopetas)
- rifle
- Synonyms: fuzil, espingarda, rifle, refle
Further reading
- “escopeta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scoppietto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskoˈpeta/ [es.koˈpe.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: es‧co‧pe‧ta
Noun
escopeta f (plural escopetas)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Murui Huitoto: kobeda
- → Neapolitan: scoppetta
- → Portuguese: escopeta
- → Tagalog: eskopeta
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: escopieta
Further reading
- “escopeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- escopeta on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es