topete

From Old Galician-Portuguese topete (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French toupet (“tuft of hair on the top of the head”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“summit, crest”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /toˈpɛte̝/

topete m (plural topetes)

1. tuft of hair on the top of the head; quiff
2. eaves

   Synonyms: beirado, beiril, penal

3. cornice, ledge

   Synonyms: beirado, beiril, penal

4. stone that tops a wall or building

   Synonym: penal

5. extreme of a thread
6. tongue of a shoe

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “topete”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “topete”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “topete”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “topete”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “topete”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from French toupet.

topete m (plural topetes)

1. quiff (hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward)
2. forelock (the part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead)
3. (figurative) arrogant pride

• “topete”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

topete

1. inflection of topetar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative