sombrero

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→ Arabic: صُمبرَيرَة

→ Arabic: صُمبرَيرَة

→ Chamicuro: sompelelo

→ Dutch: sombrero

→ English: sombrero

→ Finnish: sombrero

→ French: sombréro, sombrero

→ Georgian: სომბრერო (sombrero)

→ Hungarian: szombréró

→ Isthmus Zapotec: sombreru

→ Italian: sombrero

→ Japanese: ソンブレロ

→ Morelos Nahuatl: xomplelo

→ Northern Puebla Nahuatl: xompilelo

→ Russian: сомбреро (sombrero)

→ Swahili: shumburere, shumbulele

→ Tagalog: sambalilo

→ Tagalog: sumbrero

→ Tataltepec Chatino: smalyu

→ Tezoatlán Mixtec: mvélo̱

→ Ye'kwana: samjededu

→ Yosondúa Mixtec: lelu


ros

Named after Antonio Ros de Olano (1808–1886), a Spanish general who introduced the hat into the Spanish army

named-after

Antonio Ros de Olano, 1st Marquess of Guad-el-Jelú

a type of military hat, similar to a shako


casco

→ Catalan: casc

→ Dutch: casco

→ English: casco

→ German: Kasko

→ Italian: casco

→ Middle French: casque

French: casque (see there for further descendants)

→ English: cask

→ Piedmontese: casch

→ Tagalog: kasko

Deverbal from cascar (“to split”), from Latin quassō (“shake, strike”).


gorra

→ Cebuano: gora

→ Hiligaynon: gora

→ Tagalog: gora (dated)

Unknown, probably from Middle French gorre, itself possibly from Old Occitan [Term?].

Y cuando llega Mariel deja la gorra y sirve té con limón / O a lo mejor café

1972, “Mariel y el Capitán”, in Vida, performed by Sui Generis:

And when Mariel arrives, he puts down his cap and serves tea with lemon / Or maybe coffee instead.


diadema

From Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma), from διαδέω (diadéō, “to bind around”).


turbante

[t̪uɾˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪e]

Borrowed from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbent), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband). Doublet of tulipán.


galera

From galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).


mitra

Inherited from Old Spanish mitra, borrowed from Latin mītra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra).

mitre (head covering of a church dignitary)


pamela

a type of straw hat with large brim, typically worn by women


gacho

es-adj

gacho (feminine gacha, masculine plural gachos, feminine plural gachas)

gacha (feminine)
gachos (masculine plural)
gachas (feminine plural)

→ Belizean Creole: gaacho

Perhaps related to, or a back-formation from, agachar.


boina

Recent loan from Basque, though Basque's term for such a cap is txapel (from Latin). Possibly a Basque pronunciation of Vulgar Latin *abonnis, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni, from Proto-Germanic *bi + *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). Compare the etymology of bonete.


calvario

→ Cebuano: kalbaryo

→ Tagalog: kalbaryo


toca

Borrowed from Italian toca, tocca (“veil, silkcloth”), from Lombard toh (“headscarf”), from Lombardic *tuoh, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth”). Compare French toque, of similar origin.


chullo

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


pasamontañas

Verb-object compound, composed of pasa (“to pass”) + montañas (“mountains”).


capillo

Inherited from Old Spanish capiello, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, diminutive from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of chapeo and chapó (from French) as well as capelo (from Italian). Compare English chapeau.

linen cap worn by young boys, or one of white cloth worn by boys at baptism


kufiya

Borrowed from Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya).


bonete

Borrowed from French bonnet. Compare boina.


cucurucho

From dialectal Italian cucuruccio (“conical hood, cone”), from an intermediate Vulgar Latin *cuculullius (“cone, cowl”), from Latin cucullus (“hood, cowl, conical wrapper”). Shared origin with English cowl.
An ultimate Celtic origin, either borrowed from, into, or influencing the Vulgar Latin form is also sometimes suggested (cf. Irish cochull (“hood”)).

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Un momento después, Phoebe volvía, tratando de pasar desapercibida, por el mismo camino que había recorrido antes, llevando un diminuto cucurucho de papel con las golosinas que había comprado y el primer sabor de chocolate en la lengua.

2012, Celeste Bradley, A la caza del duque, Cisne, page 14:

A moment later, Phoebe returned, trying not to be noticed, through the same path she had gone through before, carrying a small paper cone with the candy she had bought and the first taste of chocolate in the tongue.

Los niños salieron de la posada con cucuruchos repletos de golosinas.

The children left the inn with cones filled with candies.

a cone made of paper or other material and used to contain candy or other small items

Un cucurucho como el gorro de las brujas.

2006, Mariano Torralba Mateos, Cuentos de la Bisabuela, Cultura Viva, page 27:

Algunos penitentes se vistieron de púrpura y portaron un cucurucho en la cabeza.

Some penitents clad themselves in purple and bore a pointed hat on their heads.

capirote

an elongated, pointed hood draped in cloth, traditionally worn by some participants of Holy Week processions in several Hispanic countries

Distinguen en el país la cumbre redondeada del Turimiquire de los picachos destacados, o cucuruchos, revestidos de una vegetación espesa y habitadas por tigres que son objeto de cacería a causa del tamaño y hermosura de su piel.

1998, Alexander von Humboldt, Maravillas y misterios de Venezuela, El Nacional, page 55:

In the country they distinguish between the round summit of Turimiquire and the outstanding pointed summits, or cone-shaped hills, covered by thick vegetation and inhabited by tigers which are subject to hunting due to their size and the beauty of their fur.

(colloquial, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) a cone-shaped hill

[…]; creció hacia el cucurucho de la colina […]

1987, Emilio Díaz Valcárcel, Harlem todos los días, Editorial Cultural, page 186:

[…] ; it grew towards the summit of the hill […]

(colloquial, Costa Rica, Honduras) summit (of a hill or mountain)


cofia

Inherited from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju. See also Middle High German kupfe (“cap”), Old High German kupphia (“cap”), English coif.

cap (head covering of a nurse or waitress)


birrete

From Old Occitan birret, from Late Latin birrus, from Gaulish *birros, from Proto-Celtic *birros.


sombrero Panamá

es-noun

sombrero Panamá m (plural sombreros Panamá)


chistera

Borrowed from Basque xistera, from Latin cistella, diminutive of Latin cista.


petaso

From Latin petasus, from Ancient Greek πέτασος (pétasos).


calañés

calañés m (plural calañeses, feminine calañesa, feminine plural calañesas)

calañeses (plural)
calañesa (feminine)
calañesas (feminine plural)

native or inhabitant of Calañas (male or of unspecified gender)


albanega

a kind of cloth head covering, worn by women around the 16th and 17th centuries


sombrero de tres candiles

sombrero de tres candiles m (plural sombreros de tres candiles)


sombrero a la chamberga

sombrero a la chamberga m (plural sombreros a la chamberga)


gorra de plato

gorra de plato f (plural gorras de plato)


chupalla

Fascicularia bicolor, a Chilean bromeliad.