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Origin
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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golpe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/golpe
“golpe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/golpe. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “golpe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/golpe.
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