# capa
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish capa. Doublet of cape and cappa.

### Noun

capa (countable and uncountable, plural capas)
* (countable) A Spanish cloak.
* (uncountable) Fine Cuban tobacco for the outsides of cigars.

### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin cappa. Compare Occitan capa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈka.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈka.pa]
* Rhymes: -apa

#### Noun

capa f (plural capes)
* 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.
* film, skin (layer that forms on the top of certain liquids)
    Synonym: tel
* coat (of paint)
    Synonym: mà
* 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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “capa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

capa
* inflection of capar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.pa/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: capas, capât

### Verb

capa
* third-person singular past historic of caper

## Galician
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkapa̝/

#### Noun

capa f (plural capas)
* cloak, cape
* runner stone (upper, mobile millstone)
* each one of the flagstones which tops a wall
* layer
    Ese ten máis capas que unha cebola. ― That guy has more layers than an onion.

##### Related terms

* capela
* capelo
* caparucha
* chapeu
* pucha
* pucho

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “capa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “capa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé 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
* inflection of capar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.pa/
* Rhymes: -apa
* Hyphenation: cà‧pa

### Noun

capa f (plural cape)
* head
    Synonyms: capo, testa

### Noun

capa f (plural cape)
* (often humorous) female equivalent of capo (“boss”)
* Alternative form of kappa

### Anagrams

* paca

## Latin
### Etymology

From earlier (Late Latin) cappa.

### Noun

capa f (genitive capae); first declension
* (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of cappa

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* capa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ca‧pa

### Noun

capa (Jawi spelling چاڤ, plural capa-capa, informal 1st possessive capaku, 2nd possessive capamu, 3rd possessive capanya)
* Ngai camphor (Blumea balsamifera)
    Synonyms: capu, capur, sambung, sembong, telinga kerbau

### Further reading

* “capa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Neapolitan
### Alternative forms

* capo

### Etymology

From Latin caput.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkapə/

### Noun

capa f (plural cape)
* 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

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sa.pa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: ca‧pa

### Noun

capa m animal
* genitive/accusative singular of cap

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.pɐ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apɐ
* Hyphenation: ca‧pa

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese capa, from Late Latin cappa.

#### Noun

capa f (plural capas)
* cloak; cape (long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back)
* (printing) cover (front and back of a book or magazine)
* the front cover or front page of a publication
* jacket (protective or insulating cover for an object)
* (bullfighting) cape (cloth used by a bullfighter to trick the bull)
* (figurative) cloak (a false pretext or appearance)
* (geology) a top layer of rock
* wrapper (outer layer of a cigar)
* (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

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa), from Phoenician 𐤊𐤐 (kp /⁠kaph⁠/), from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”).

#### Noun

capa m (plural capas)
* (Portugal) kay (name of the Latin letter K, k)
    Synonym: (Brazil) cá
* kappa (name of the Greek letter Κ, κ)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

capa
* inflection of capar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “capa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Sicilian
### Alternative forms

* capu

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkapa/
* Hyphenation: ca‧pa

### Noun

capa f (plural capi)
* (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: /ˈkapa/ [ˈka.pa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: ca‧pa

#### Noun

capa f (plural capas)
* cloak, cape (a sleeveless garment hanging from the neck)
* coat, sheet (a covering of material, such as paint)
* layer (a single thickness of some material covering a surface)
* guise; pretext

##### Derived terms

* a capa y espada
* a so capa
* capa anual
* capa de hielo
* capa de ozono
* 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

##### Related terms

* capilla
* capillo
* escapar

##### Descendants

* → English: capa

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

capa
* inflection of capar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

## Tarantino
### Etymology

From Latin caput. Compare Neapolitan and Sicilian capa.

### Noun

capa
* head