capacho
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish capacho, from capazo, from Latin capax.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
Variant of capazo, from Latin capācem (“wide, roomy, capacious”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
capacho m (plural capachos)
Adjective edit
capacho (feminine capacha, masculine plural capachos, feminine plural capachas)
- (bullfighting) having horns pointing flat out to the sides
Further reading edit
- “capacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014