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Meaning of ¡chapeau!




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

¡chapeau!
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It means my respects, congratulations, we respect what you do, we admire you. It is an expression of French origin, which manifests that he took off his hat in a sign of admiration.

  




John Rene Plaut

Chapeau! of the French CHAPEU, hat. Also with the spelling CHAP is an expression that is equivalent to taking off your hat, in addition to admiration and respect. It comes from renaissance custom and until the 19th century to take off his top hat, and bow in a sign of respect and admiration

  



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