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Definitions and meaning of capa
capa
Etymology
Spanishcapa. Doublet of cape and cappa.
Noun
capa (countable and uncountable, pluralcapas)
(countable) A Spanish cloak.
(uncountable) Fine Cuban tobacco for the outsides of cigars.
Anagrams
AACP, ACPA, APAC, APCA, CAAP, PAAc, paca
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Late Latincappa. Compare Occitancapa.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈka.pə]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈka.pa]
Rhymes: -apa
Noun
capaf (pluralcapes)
layer
film, skin (layer that forms on the top of certain liquids)
Synonym:tel
coat (of paint)
Synonym:mà
cape
Derived terms
capejar
capirot
caperó
Related terms
Collocations
aguantar la capa ― to be with a couple, disturbing them in flirting (compare cockblock) (literally, “hold the cape”)
anar de capa caiguda ― to have a bad season (literally, “to go with fallen cape”)
de capa i espasa ― a fictional genre about wars, cavalry and old times (literally, “about cape and sword”)
Further reading
“capa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“capa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2
Verb
capa
inflection of capar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ka.pa/
Homophones: capas, capât
Verb
capa
third-person singular past historic of caper
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguesecapa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latincappa. Cognate with Portuguesecapa and Spanishcapa.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈkapa̝/
Noun
capaf (pluralcapas)
cloak, cape
runner stone (upper, mobile millstone)
each one of the flagstones which tops a wall
layer
Ese ten máis capas que unha cebola. ― That guy has more layers than an onion.
Related terms
capela
capelo
caparucha
chapeu
pucha
pucho
References
“capa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“capa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“capa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“capa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“capa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
Verb
capa
inflection of capar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Italian
Etymology
From a southern dialectal form of capo(“head”), from Latincaput. Compare Neapolitan, Sicilian, Tarantino capa.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈka.pa/
Rhymes: -apa
Hyphenation: cà‧pa
Noun
capaf (pluralcape)
head
Synonyms:capo, testa
Noun
capaf (pluralcape)
(often humorous)female equivalent of capo(“boss”)
Alternative form of kappa
Anagrams
paca
Latin
Alternative forms
cappa
Etymology
From earlier (Late Latin) cappa.
Noun
capam (genitivecapae); first declension
(Medieval Latin) a cape
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
capa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“capa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Neapolitan
Alternative forms
capo
Etymology
From Latincaput.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈkapə/
Noun
capaf (pluralcape)
head (the part of the body containing the brain)
References
AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 93: “la testa” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈt͡sa.pa/
Rhymes: -apa
Syllabification: ca‧pa
Noun
capam animal
genitive/accusative singular of cap
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -apɐ
Hyphenation: ca‧pa
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguesecapa, from Late Latincappa.
Noun
capaf (pluralcapas)
cloak; cape (long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back)
(printing) cover (front and back of a book or magazine)
the front cover or front page of a publication
jacket (protective or insulating cover for an object)
(bullfighting) cape (cloth used by a bullfighter to trick the bull)
(figurative) cloak (a false pretext or appearance)
(geology) a top layer of rock
wrapper (outer layer of a cigar)
(colloquial) condom
Derived terms
contracapa
socapa
Related terms
capela
capelo
escapar
Descendants
Japanese: 合羽
Kadiwéu: caapa
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Late Latincappa, from Ancient Greekκάππα(káppa), from Phoenician𐤊𐤐(kp/kaph/), from Proto-Semitic*kapp-(“palm, hand”).
Noun
capam (pluralcapas)
(Portugal) kay (name of the Latin letter K, k)
Synonym:(Brazil)cá
kappa (name of the Greek letter Κ, κ)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
capa
inflection of capar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Sicilian
Alternative forms
capu
Etymology
From older capu, from Vulgar Latincapus, from Latincaput.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈkapa/
Hyphenation: ca‧pa
Noun
capaf (pluralcapi)
(anatomy) head
Spanish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanishcapa, from Late Latincappa. Cognate with Englishcape and cope(“priestly vestment”). Compare Englishcoping(“top layer of a brick wall”) for an English comparable semantic sense of a "layer".
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈkapa/[ˈka.pa]
Rhymes: -apa
Syllabification: ca‧pa
Noun
capaf (pluralcapas)
cloak, cape (a sleeveless garment hanging from the neck)
coat, sheet (a covering of material, such as paint)
layer (a single thickness of some material covering a surface)
guise; pretext
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
→ English: capa
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
capa
inflection of capar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
“capa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tarantino
Etymology
From Latincaput. Compare Neapolitan and Sicilian capa.