noun, masculine/ˈɡolpe/plural: golpes
hit, blow, strike; punch, jab; knock (door); bump, bang, bash (sound of a blow or dull impact); crowd, multitude (of people)
Synonyms: batacazo, latido, ritmo, sorpresa, robo, atraco
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 La