zopo

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese çopo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately probably onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish zopo and Italian zoppo.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈθopo/ [ˈθo.pʊ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈsopo/ [ˈso.pʊ]

  • Rhymes: -opo
  • Hyphenation: zo‧po

Adjective

zopo (feminine zopa, masculine plural zopos, feminine plural zopas)

  1. bow-legged; twisted
    Synonym: trenco
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 155:
      Cauallo que manqía de tras ou en andando non se fica senon na punta do pee postrimeiro, et sem outro dobramento enderença et alça o pee çopo dereitamente aqueste sentese da juntura que he o noo de sobre llo trauadoyro.
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  2. lame
    Synonym: coxo
  3. clumsy
    Synonyms: zoupeiro, zoupón

Derived terms

References
  • “çopo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “çopo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “zopo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “zopo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “zopo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “zopo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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