capotillo

Spanish

Etymology

From capote +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kapoˈtiʝo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kapoˈtiʝo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kapoˈtiʎo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kapoˈtiʃo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kapoˈtiʒo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ca‧po‧ti‧llo

Noun

capotillo m (plural capotillos)

1. (bullfighting) cape
   • 2015 July 14, “Vídeo: Los toros de Miura cierran San Fermín con récord de velocidad”, in El País‎:

     O como dice la tradición, el capotillo de San Fermín ha salido al quite de los mozos en numerosas ocasiones.

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Further reading

• “capotillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024