gardarroupa

Galician
A cloakroom
A wardrobe, closet
A baby wearing many items of winter clothing: headband, cap, fur-lined coat, shawl and sweater

Etymology

Attested since 1326. From gardar (“to keep”) + roupa (“clothes”). Cognate with Portuguese guarda-roupa, French garde-robe, English wardrobe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡaɾðaˈrowpɐ]

Noun

gardarroupa m (plural gardarroupas)

  1. wardrobe (room used for keeping clothes)
    Synonym: vestiario
    • 1326, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 300:
      o pano grande ancho que se enna archa da guarda roupa
      the large and broad cloth that is inside the chest in the wardrobe
  2. wardrobe (furniture)
    Synonyms: armario, roupeiro
  3. wardrobe, clothing (the contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing)
    Synonym: vestiario
  4. cotton lavender (Santolina chamaecyparissus; an aromatic plant used as an insect repellent)
    Synonyms: abrótano femia, herba da loba

Noun

gardarroupa m or f by sense (plural gardarroupas)

  1. cloakroom attendant

References
  • “guarda roupa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “gardarroupa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “gardarroupa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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