arpeo

Galician

Arpeo

Noun

arpeo m (plural arpeos)

1. Alternative spelling of arpeu

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arpeo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arpeo”, 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), “arpeo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arpeo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French harpeau, from harper (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈpeo/ [aɾˈpe.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: ar‧pe‧o

Noun

arpeo m (plural arpeos)

1. grapple
2. grappling hook

   Synonym: (Belize) granpin

Further reading

• “arpeo”, 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