capricho

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian capriccio.

Pronunciation

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

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

Rhymes: -iʃu
Hyphenation: ca‧pri‧cho

Noun

capricho m (plural caprichos)

caprice, fancy
raze, rage
(in the expression fazer com capricho)
1. stubbornness, obstinacy
Synonyms: brio, timbre, pundonor, inconstância, teimosia, obstinação, birra, apuro, esmero, primor
1. care; skill
Ele fez o serviço com capricho.
He did his work earnestly.

Related terms

caprichoso, caprichar

Further reading

“capricho” in iDicionário Aulete.
“capricho” in Dicionário inFormal.
“capricho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“capricho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“capricho” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
“capricho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Verb

capricho

first-person singular present indicative of caprichar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian capriccio. More at English caprice.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈpɾit͡ʃo/ [kaˈpɾi.t͡ʃo]
Rhymes: -itʃo
Syllabification: ca‧pri‧cho

Noun

capricho m (plural caprichos)

caprice, vagary, whim, fancy
Synonyms: antojo, ventolera

Derived terms

darse un capricho
encapricharse

Related terms

caprichoso

Descendants

→ Catalan: capritx
→ Cebuano: kapritso
→ Tagalog: kapritso

Further reading

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

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