chapeleta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.pɨˈle.tɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐ.pɨˈle.tɐ/

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)

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

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Maybe from chapa.

Noun

chapeleta f (plural chapeletas)

rosette or red colors on the face

Further reading

“chapeleta” in iDicionário Aulete.
“chapeleta” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“chapeleta” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
“chapeleta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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