capa

Spanish capa

capa (countable and uncountable, plural capas)

1. (countable) A Spanish cloak.
2. (uncountable) Fine Cuban tobacco for the outsides of cigars.

• AACP, ACPA, APAC, aacp, paca

From Old Occitan capa, from Late Latin cappa.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pa/

• Rhymes: -apa

capa f (plural capes)

1. layer

   Al Photoshop s'usen diferents capes per tractar la imatge.

   In Photoshop different layers are used to work with images.

   La capa d'ozó està en perill.

   The ozone layer is endangered.

2. cape

   El duc portava una capa molt maca.

   The duke was wearing a very beautiful cape.

• capell
• capella
• escapar

• “capa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /kapa/
• Homophones: capas, capât

capa

1. third-person singular past historic of caper

From a southern dialectal form of capo (“head”), from Latin caput. Compare Neapolitan, Sicilian, Tarantino capa.

capa f (plural cape)

1. head

• capo, testa

capa f (plural cape, masculine capo)

1. (often humorous) boss

capa f (plural cape)

1. Alternative form of kappa

• paca

From Latin caput.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapɐ/

capa f (please add the plural)

1. head (the part of the body containing the brain)

   E che veriste neh, llà mmiezo llà/'e ccape ruciuliavano pe terra

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pɐ/

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• Rhymes: -apa

From Old Portuguese capa, from Late Latin cappa.

capa f (plural capas)

1. cloak; cape (long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back)
2. (printing) cover (front and back of a book or magazine)
3. the front cover or front page of a publication
4. jacket (protective or insulating cover for an object)
5. (bullfighting) cape (cloth used by a bullfighter to trick the bull)
6. (figuratively) cloak (a false pretext or appearance)
7. (geology) a top layer of rock
8. wrapper (outer layer of a cigar)

• contracapa
• socapa

• capela
• capelo
• escapar

• Japanese:合羽
• Kadiwéu: caapa

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa), from Phoenician [script needed] (kaph), from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”).

capa m (plural capas)

1. (Portugal) kay (name of the Latin letter K, k)
2. kappa (name of the Greek letter Κ, κ)

• (kay): cá (Brazil)

capa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of capar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of capar

• capu

From Latin caput.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapa/
• Hyphenation: ca‧pa

capa f (plural capi)

1. (anatomy) head

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapa/

From Old Spanish capa, from Late Latin cappa.

capa f (plural capas)

1. cloak, cape (a sleeveless garment hanging from the neck)
2. coat, sheet (a covering of material, such as paint)
3. layer (a single thickness of some material covering a surface)
4. guise; pretext

• capilla
• capillo
• escapar

See the etymology of the main entry.

capa

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of capar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of capar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of capar.

• “capa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

From Latin caput. Compare Neapolitan and Sicilian capa.

capa

1. head