caparazón

Inherited from Old Spanish caparaçón (15th century), from Old Occitan capairon; or alternatively from the ancestor of Mistralian Provençal caparasso (“large cape with hood”) + -ón;[1] both ultimately from Late Latin cappa (“cape”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kapaɾaˈθon/ [ka.pa.ɾaˈθõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kapaɾaˈson/ [ka.pa.ɾaˈsõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ca‧pa‧ra‧zón

caparazón m (plural caparazones)

1. carapace (a hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal)

   Synonym: carapacho

2. caparison
3. shell

   Synonym: concha

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