golpe

English

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Spanish golpe (“strike, blow”). Perhaps the reference is to a blow leaving a purple bruise, compare the theories about hurt (“blue roundel”).

Noun

golpe (plural golpes)

1. (heraldry) A roundel purpure (purple circular spot).

Alternative forms

• golp

See also

	metals		main colours				less common colours
tincture	or	argent	gules	azure	sable	vert	purpure	tenné	orange	sanguine
depiction
roundel (in parentheses: semé):	bezant (bezanty)	plate (platy)	torteau (tortelly)	hurt (hurty)	pellet (pellety), ogress	pomme	golpe (golpy)	orange (semé of oranges)		guze (semé of guzes)
goutte (noun) / gutty (adj) thereof:	(goutte / gutty) d'or (of gold)	d'eau (of water)	de sang (of blood)	de larmes (of tears)	de poix (of pitch)	d'huile / d'olive (olive oil)
	special roundel	furs								additional, uncommon tinctures:
tincture	fountain, syke: barry wavy argent and azure	ermine	ermines, counter-ermine	erminois	pean	vair	counter-vair	potent	counter-potent	bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey
depiction

References

• Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry, Frederick Warne and Co., p. 60.

Anagrams

• glope, pegol, pelog

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus (“blow; cuff”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “blow; slap”). Compare Spanish golpe.

Noun

golpe m (plural golpes)

1. hit, blow, shot
2. bump, knock
3. amount, load

Galician

Etymology 1

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese colbe, from Late Latin *cŏlǒpus, from Latin colaphus (“blow; cuff”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “blow; slap”), or alternatively from a related Galician-Portuguese verb. Compare Portuguese golpe, Spanish golpe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔlpe̝/

Noun

golpe m (plural golpes)

1. bump, knock, stroke, hit

   Synonym: pancada

   • 1423, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 120:

     chamándolle vilaao, fodidincul, curnudo, priuado, perro treedor, dizéndolle outros deostos et injurias atroçes et queréndoo matar dentro en sua casa do dito Johán Ferrandes, deytándolles golpes primeiramente con hua espada nua et cortándolle a roupa que tiña vestida

     calling him villain, fucked-in-the-ass, horned, protected, traitor dog, and other abuses and terrible insults, and wanting to kill Xoan Fernández inside his house, hitting him first with an unsheathed sword, and cutting the clothes he was wearing

2. (figuratively) disgrace

Etymology 2

From Latin vulpēs, vulpem. Compare Portuguese golpelha, French goupil, Romansch golp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔlpe̝/

Noun

golpe m (plural golpes)

1. fox

   Synonym: raposo

Related terms

• A Pena do Golpe
• golpella

References

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡol.pe/
• Rhymes: -olpe
• Hyphenation: gól‧pe

Etymology 1

Noun

golpe f (plural golpi)

1. mildew, smut

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish golpe. Doublet of colpo.

Noun

golpe m (invariable)

1. a military coup or putsch

Portuguese

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔw.pi/ [ˈɡɔʊ̯.pi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔw.pi/ [ˈɡɔʊ̯.pi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔw.pe/ [ˈɡɔʊ̯.pe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔl.pɨ/ [ˈɡɔɫ.pɨ]

• Rhymes: -ɔwpi
• Hyphenation: gol‧pe

Noun

golpe m (plural golpes)

1. blow (act of striking or hitting)

   Synonym: pancada

   O pivete lhe deu um golpe no rosto.

   The brat gave him a blow to the face.

2. (figurative) blow (unfortunate occurrence)

   Synonyms: desgraça, infortúnio

   A derrota foi um golpe.

   The defeat was a blow.

3. (figurative) a decisive act or occurrence

   A vitória foi um golpe de sorte.

   The victory was a stroke of luck.

4. (Brazil, figurative) scam, grift (fraudulent deal)

   Synonym: fraude

   O empresário deu um golpe na própria empresa.

   The businessman scammed his own company.

   (literally, “The businessman did a scam on ...”)

5. Clipping of golpe de estado: coup d'état

   Synonym: golpe de estado

   Acabou de ocorrer um golpe naquele país.

   A coup d’état just occurred in that country.

6. gust (abrupt rush of wind)

   Synonym: rajada

7. (obsolete) multitude (great amount, especially of people)

   Synonym: multidão

Derived terms

• golpe baixo
• golpe de arco
• golpe de aríete
• golpe de estado
• golpe de mar
• golpe de mestre
• golpe de misericórdia
• golpe de vista
• golpe do baú

 

Related terms

• golpeado
• golpeadura
• golpeamento
• golpeante
• golpear
• golpismo
• golpista

 

Spanish

Alternative forms

• colpe (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish colpe, from Late Latin colpus (attested in Salic Law and the Reichenau Glosses), syncopation of *colŭpus, alteration of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos). Cognate with English coup. Doublet of colpo.

While some linguists suggest it may possibly be a Gallicism in Hispano-Romance due to its unusual phonetic evolution (e.g. lack of diphtongization of the 'o', final '-e', etc.), upon closer inspection, this is probably not the case. The fact that the Latin word was originally a loanword from Greek, subject to certain sound shifts affecting the short vowels in open syllables, likely had an impact on its development in Romance. As for the final '-e' instead of an '-o' in an expected *golpo, it may be because the Spanish word was actually a derivative of the Old Spanish verb golpar (“to wound, hurt”), colpar, from a related Vulgar Latin verb *colaphāre (a Late or Vulgar Latin derivation culpatores, referring to a type of gladiator, was attested in a gloss, for *colaphatores, following syncopation); compare French couper and Old Galician-Portuguese golpar, golbar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡolpe/ [ˈɡol.pe]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -olpe
• Syllabification: gol‧pe

Noun

golpe m (plural golpes, diminutive golpecito)

1. hit, blow, strike
2. punch, jab
3. knock (door)
4. bump, bang, bash (sound of a blow or dull impact)

   Synonym: batacazo

5. crowd, multitude (of people)
6. gush (of water), gust (of wind)
7. blast (of music)
8. heartbeat

   Synonym: latido

9. beat; rhythm

   Synonyms: latido, ritmo

10. (horticulture) bunch of seedlings (in one hole)
11. (horticulture) hole (for planting seedlings)
12. (billiards) shot, stroke
13. (figurative) stroke (heat, of luck, of genius, etc.)
14. surprise

    Synonym: sorpresa

15. heist, job

    Synonyms: robo, atraco

16. (golf, baseball) swing
17. Ellipsis of golpe de estado (“coup d'état”).

Derived terms

• a golpe de
• a golpe seguro
• a golpes
• al primer golpe de vista
• autogolpe
• dar golpe
• de golpe
• de un golpe
• golpe bajo
• golpe de aire
• golpe de ariete
• golpe de calor
• golpe de castigo
• golpe de efecto
• golpe de estado
• golpe de fortuna
• golpe de gracia
• golpe de mano
• golpe de palacio
• golpe de pecho
• golpe de pechos
• golpe de suerte
• golpe de timón
• golpe de tos
• golpe de viento
• golpe de vista
• golpear
• golpetazo
• golpiza
• paragolpes
• parar el golpe
• pestillo de golpe
• portero de golpe

 

Further reading

• “golpe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish golpe, from Old Spanish colpe, from Late Latin colpus, syncopation of *colŭpus, alteration of Latin colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos). Doublet of gulpi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡolpe/ [ˈɡol.pɛ]
• Rhymes: -olpe
• Syllabification: gol‧pe

Noun

golpe (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜎ᜔ᜉᜒ)

1. use of force

   Synonyms: bugbog, pagbugbog

2. (gambling) first prize of money given to the owner of a gambling place

Derived terms

• golpe de-gulat

 

Related terms

• golpe de estado

 

Further reading

• “golpe”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “golpe”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018