capa

See also: Capa, CAPA, cápa, capá, capã, capă, çapa, and сара

English

Etymology

Spanish capa

Noun

capa (countable and uncountable, plural capas)

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan capa, from Late Latin cappa.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -apa

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Verb

capa

  1. third-person singular past historic of caper

Italian

Noun

capa f (plural cape)

  1. head

Synonyms

Noun

capa f (plural cape, masculine capo)

  1. (often humorous) boss

capa f (plural cape)

  1. Alternative form of kappa

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin caput.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkapɐ/

Noun

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)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese capa, from Late Latin cappa.

Noun

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)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Kadiwéu: caapa

Etymology 2

From Late Latin cāppa, from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa), from Phoenician kaph‎ (kaph), from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”).

Noun

capa m (plural capas)

  1. (Portugal) kay (name of the Latin letter K, k)
  2. kappa (name of the Greek letter Κ, κ)
Synonyms
  • (kay): cá (Brazil)

Etymology 3

Verb

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

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin caput.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

capa f (plural capi)

  1. (anatomy) head

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin cappa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkapa/

Noun

capa f (plural capas)

  1. cloak
  2. coat
  3. layer
  4. cape
  5. primage

Derived terms

Verb

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.

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin caput. Compare Neapolitan and Sicilian capa.

Noun

capa

  1. head
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