capa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "capa"

English

Etymology

From Spanish capa. Doublet of cape and cappa.

Noun

capa (countable and uncountable, plural capas)

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

Anagrams

• AACP, ACPA, APAC, APCA, CAAP, PAAc, paca

Albanian

Noun

capa

1. inflection of capë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin cappa. Compare Occitan capa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈka.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈka.pa]

• 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. film, skin (layer that forms on the top of certain liquids)

   Synonym: tel

3. coat (of paint)

   Synonym: mà

4. cape

   El duc portava una capa molt maca.

   The duke was wearing a very beautiful cape.

Derived terms

• capejar
• capirot
• caperó

Related terms

• capell
• capella
• escapar

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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “capa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology 2

Verb

capa

1. inflection of capar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pa/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Homophones: capas, capât

Verb

capa

1. third-person singular past historic of caper

Galician

Galician traditional mill

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapa/ [ˈkɑ.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -apa

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese capa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin cappa. Cognate with Portuguese capa and Spanish capa.

Noun

capa f (plural capas)

1. cloak, cape
2. runner stone (upper, mobile millstone)
3. each one of the flagstones which tops a wall
4. layer

   Ese ten máis capas que unha cebola. ― That guy has more layers than an onion.

Related terms

• caparucha
• capela
• capelo
• chapeu
• pucha
• pucho

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “capa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “capa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “capa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

capa

1. inflection of capar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pa/
• Rhymes: -apa
• Hyphenation: cà‧pa

Noun

capa f (plural cape)

1. head

   Synonyms: capo, testa

Noun

capa f (plural cape)

1. (often humorous) female equivalent of capo (“boss”)
2. alternative form of kappa

Anagrams

• paca

Latin

Etymology

From earlier (Late Latin) cappa.

Noun

capa f (genitive capae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) alternative form of cappa

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	capa	capae
genitive	capae	capārum
dative	capae	capīs
accusative	capam	capās
ablative	capā	capīs
vocative	capa	capae

References

• "capa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “cappa”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Malay

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ca‧pa

Noun

capa (Jawi spelling چاڤ, plural capa-capa)

1. Ngai camphor (Blumea balsamifera)

   Synonyms: capu, capur, sambung, sembong, telinga kerbau

Further reading

• "capa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "capa" at PRPM first version)

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• capo

Etymology

From Latin caput.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapə/

Noun

capa f (plural cape)

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

   Teneva nu cappiello janco ncapa.

   They were wearing a white hat on their head.

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cappa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

capa f (plural capas)

1. cape; cloak

Derived terms

• capa pele
• fazer capa

Descendants

• Fala: capa
• Galician: capa
• Portuguese: capa
  • → Japanese: 合羽
  • → Kadiwéu: caapa
  • → Tetum: kapa

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “capa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• DDGM, “capa”
• UC, “capa”
• VPM, “capa”

Pagu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃa.pa]

  • Audio:

    (file)

Noun

capa

1. face

References

• Perangin Angin, Dalan Mehuli (2023), Kamus Pagu-Indonesia-Inggris, Jakarta: Penerbit BRIN

Paiwan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *Capa.

Verb

capa

1. to roast; to broil; to bake

Derived terms

• cacapan
• capain
• capan
• cemapa
• cemapacapa
• cinapan
• macapa
• sicapacapan

Further reading

• “191786”, in 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages]‎^[2] (in Mandarin), Taipei: 財團法人原住民族語言研究發展基金會 [Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation], 2014–2026

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa.pa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ca‧pa

Noun

capa m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of cap

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧pa

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

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Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Italic *kaput

Latin caput

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulum

Latin capitulum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin -āre

Latin capitulāre?

Late Latin cappa

Old Galician-Portuguese capa

Portuguese capa

Inherited from Old Galician-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. (figurative) cloak (a false pretext or appearance)
7. (geology) a top layer of rock
8. wrapper (outer layer of a cigar)
9. (colloquial) condom

Derived terms

• capa de celular
• capa de chuva
• capa dura
• capear
• capeta
• capinha
• contracapa
• encapar
• socapa

Related terms

• capela
• capelo
• escapar

Descendants

• → Japanese: 合羽
• → Kadiwéu: caapa
• → Tetum: kapa

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Phoenician 𐤊 (k /⁠kāp⁠/)bor.

Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa)bor.

Late Latin cappalbor.

Portuguese capa

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cappa.

Noun

capa m (plural capas)

1. (Portugal) The name of the Latin script letter K/k, called kay in English.

   Synonym: (Brazil) cá

2. kappa (name of the Greek letter Κ, κ)

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é, efe, gê / guê, agá, i, jota, cá / capa, ele, eme, ene, ó, pê, quê, erre, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio, xis, ípsilon, zê

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

capa

1. inflection of capar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “capa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “capa”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “capa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• capu

Etymology

From older capu, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

capa f (plural capi)

1. (anatomy) head

Spanish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish capa, from Late Latin cappa. Cognate with English cape and cope (“priestly vestment”). Compare English coping (“top layer of a brick wall”) for an English comparable semantic sense of a "layer".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapa/ [ˈka.pa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ca‧pa

Noun

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)
   1. (chemistry, particle physics) electron shell
4. guise; pretext; cloak; cover

   Alternative form: socapa

   Synonyms: rebozo, manto

Derived terms

• a capa y espada
• a so capa
• capa anual
• capa de hielo
• capa de ozono
• capa freática
• capable electrónica
• capear
• Caperucita Roja
• comedia de capa y espada
• consejero de capa y espada
• de capa caída
• echar la capa al toro
• estar de capa caída
• hacer de su capa un sayo
• hombre de capa y espada
• la noche es capa de pecadores
• ministro de capa y espada
• plaza de capa y espada
• so capa de
• subcapa

Related terms

• capilla
• capillo
• escapar

Descendants

• → English: capa
• → Tagalog: kapa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

capa

1. inflection of capar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “capa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin caput. Compare Neapolitan and Sicilian capa.

Noun

capa

1. head