Masculine
Meaning
- (masculine) blow (act of striking or hitting)
- (figuratively, masculine) blow (unfortunate occurrence)
- (figuratively, masculine) a decisive act or occurrence
- (Brazil, figuratively, masculine) scam, grift (fraudulent deal)
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, masculine) clipping of golpe de estado: coup d'état
- (masculine) gust (abrupt rush of wind)
- (masculine, obsolete) multitude (great amount, especially of people)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɔw.pi/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese colbe, golbe, from Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus (“blow; cuff”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “blow; slap”). Some sources believe it to have been introduced through a Gallo-Romance intermediate such as Old Occitan colp, although this is uncertain. It may alternatively be a derivative of an Old Portuguese verb golpar, golbar. Compare Spanish golpe.
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