English Explanatory Dictionary

golpe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

golpe golpes golp

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”).

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