capacho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish capacho, from capazo, from Latin capax.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpa.ʃu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpa.ʃu/

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

Noun

capacho m (plural capachos)

1. doormat (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
2. (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)

1. wicker basket
2. wicker baby carriage

Adjective

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

1. (bullfighting) having horns pointing flat out to the sides

Further reading

• “capacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28