capulla

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

capulla

  1. Obsolete spelling of capollah

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈpuʝa/ [kaˈpu.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaˈpuʎa/ [kaˈpu.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈpuʃa/ [kaˈpu.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈpuʒa/ [kaˈpu.ʒa]

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -uʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -uʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -uʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -uʒa

  • Syllabification: ca‧pu‧lla

Noun

capulla f (plural capullas)

  1. female equivalent of capullo
    • 2023 October 11, Elsa Fernández-Santos, “‘Orlando, mi biografía política’: de la habitación propia de Virginia Woolf al cuerpo propio de Paul B. Preciado”, in El País:
      Con voz pausada, el filósofo arranca así su relato: “Alguien me preguntó: ‘¿Por qué no escribes tu biografía?’. Y yo respondí: ‘Porque la capulla de Virginia Woolf la escribió por mí en 1928. Querida Virginia, siento haberte llamado capulla, lo digo con ternura y admiración…
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