capacho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish capacho, from capazo, from Latin capax.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpa.ʃu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpa.ʃo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpa.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpa.t͡ʃu/

Noun

capacho m (plural capachos)

doormat (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
(figuratively) doormat (someone that is over-submissive to others’ wishes)

Spanish

Etymology

Variant of capazo, from Latin capācem (“wide, roomy, capacious”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈpat͡ʃo/ [kaˈpa.t͡ʃo]
Rhymes: -atʃo
Syllabification: ca‧pa‧cho

Noun

capacho m (plural capachos)

Adjective

capacho (feminine capacha, masculine plural capachos, feminine plural capachas)

(bullfighting) having horns pointing flat out to the sides

Further reading

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

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