capucho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian cappuccio (“hood, cowl”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpu.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpu.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpu.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpu.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpu.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpu.t͡ʃu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧pu‧cho

Noun

capucho m (plural capuchos)

1. hood (headwear)

   Synonym: capuz

2. Capuchin

Further reading

• “capucho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “capucho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cappuccio (“hood, cowl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈput͡ʃo/ [kaˈpu.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -utʃo
• Syllabification: ca‧pu‧cho

Noun

capucho m (plural capuchos)

1. hood

   Synonym: capuz

Derived terms

• capuchón

Further reading

• “capucho”, 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