Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

copete

English translation:

(shrub) crown

Added to glossary by Kimberlee Thorne
Jan 2, 2011 22:00
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

copete

Spanish to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Mexican slang/language talking about plants
There are several terms I don't understand in this paragraph. This is the first one:

Sí pues ya se ve mas bien pues ya le tumbaron casi a la mitad pues todo el copete y ya nomás queda ya pues ya por donde este petatillo y todo aquello pues que el lo mitad es donde les quedó, pero todas maneras las podaron a todas, si las podaron pero de abajo porque estaba muy fea muy con ramas secas y luego pegando al suelo y así no ya ahorita ya la ya la podaron toda la limpiaron bien está limpiecita por debajo y todo este y no tiene ramas pegando al suelo y luego le echaron desde faena y ahorita está allá por aquel lado allá por donde no podaron por arriba del copete y le echaron de este líquido y está seco todo el sacati y acá donde podaron bien del copete todo acá también le echaron para que se quemara pero ya ahorita ya está volviéndose a poner verde y dicen que van a por está semana que entra van echarle una roseada acá y luego acá lo tuyo porque también ya, ya volvió a ponerse verde y como aquel muchacho si las había roseado siempre vuelve a verdecer y luego ya con la regada pues va a crecer más, ya dijo Carlos vamos a comprar faena y vamos a echarles a los dos pedazos ahí que…
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 (shrub) crown

Discussion

José J. Martínez Jan 2, 2011:
Kimberlee, the text is quite badly written. I can tell you that in Mexico the word copete means the front part of the hair, right above the eyes.

Proposed translations

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(shrub) crown

I believe it's a diminutive of "copa" ('canopy'), which is used to refer to trees. In a shrub it would be 'crown', which is a synonym for tree canopy as well. This is tricky, because the crown begins at the point where the roots end, and when you plant a shrub you are looking at the *bottom* of the crown - but the entire part exposed to air and light is the crown.

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Aug 23, 2010 ... S small, M medium, L large, h shrub height, A major axis of the shrub crown, a minor axis of the shrub crown, CP shrub ...
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Note added at 10 hrs (2011-01-03 08:02:08 GMT)
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Maybe the original should be 'copeta'. In any case, the meaning of 'crown' can be derived from either of the following definitions from Martinez Amador:
copeta. f. dim. of copa
copete. m. toupee, toupet, tuft, pompadour, aigret, plumicorn, panatche, foretop, topknot, tussock
Peer comment(s):

agree Mónica Algazi
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Thanks, Monica!
agree Jessica Noyes
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