# roupa
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roupa, derived from Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raupjan, “to pluck”), from Proto-Germanic *raupijaną. Cognate with Portuguese roupa, Spanish ropa, English robe, Italian roba.

### Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈrowpɐ]
* Rhymes: -owpɐ, -owpa
* Hyphenation: rou‧pa

### Noun

roupa f (plural roupas)
* clothing, clothes
** 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I., Madrid: C.S.I.C, page 19:Este Santiago he chamado home de luz, obrador de uerdade, et era tã santo que o omẽ que o vise cobiiçaua moyto a tãjer dos fios da sua rroupa que tragia vestida This James is called man of light, doer of truth, and he was such a revered person that everyone who saw him coveted to touch the threads of the clothes that he wore(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (archaic) booty

#### Derived terms

* gardarroupa (“wardrobe”)
* roupa de cama (“linens”)
* roupaxe (“clothing”)
* roupeiro (“wardrobe”)
* roupón (“blanket made of rags”)

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roupa, from Gothic *𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰 (*raupa), from 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raupjan). Cognates include Portuguese and English robe, Italian roba, Spanish ropa. See also Portuguese roubar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).pɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).pɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈχo(ʊ̯).pɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁo(w).pa/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).pa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁo(w).pɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁo(w).pɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁow.pɐ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁo.pɐ/
* Rhymes: -owpɐ, -opa
* Hyphenation: rou‧pa

### Noun

roupa f (plural roupas)
* clothing, clothes
    Tu compras roupa. ― You buy clothes.

#### Usage notes

The word can mean multiple articles of clothing, even when using the singular, with it and the plural being used indiscriminately for said meaning.

#### Derived terms

* guarda-roupa
* roupa da cama
* roupagem

#### Descendants

* Macanese: rópa

### Further reading

* “roupa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024