# capelo
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capelo, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus (“hat”), diminutive from Late Latin cappa. Compare chapeu, which came through French.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈpelo̝/

### Noun

capelo m (plural capelos)
* (botany) navelwort, pennywort (Umbilicus rupestris)
    Synonyms: conchelo, couselo
* (archaic) helmet
** 1290, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 138:
    mando a Ares d'Alcantara o meu perponto, o meu lorigon, a ma gorgeyra τ cen mr. da guerra en dineyros polo que deleſ oue τ o meu capelo do fferro
       I left Ares d'Alcántara my padded jerkin, my mail, my gorget, a hundred maravedis of war for what I had of them, and my iron helmet
    Synonyms: capacete, elmo
* hood

#### Related terms

* chapeu (“hat”)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “capelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “capelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “capelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “capelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “capelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Probably from Old Galician-Portuguese capelo, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus (“hat”), diminutive from Late Latin cappa, or less likely through Italian cappello (although this probably applies in the sense of a cardinal's red hat). Doublet of chapéu, which came through French.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈpe.lu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈpe.lu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaˈpe.lo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈpe.lu/
* Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧lo

### Noun

capelo m (plural capelos)
* cowl (monk’s hood)
* red hat worn by cardinals, or a galero (hat worn by clergy)
* knit cap worn by nuns or widows
* dossel
* one with a doctorate
* a type of fish

#### Related terms

* capa

#### See also

* capuz

### References

* ↑ “capelo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* ↑ https://www.lexico.pt/capelo/
* ↑ “capelo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
* ↑ “capelo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cappello, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus. Doublet of capillo, which was inherited, and of chapeo and chapó, which came via French.

### Noun

capelo m (plural capelos)
* red hat worn by cardinals

### Further reading

* “capelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014