capricho

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian capriccio.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpɾi.ʃu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpɾi.ʃu/

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

• Rhymes: -iʃu
• Hyphenation: ca‧pri‧cho

Noun

capricho m (plural caprichos)

1. caprice, fancy
2. raze, rage
3. (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.

Etymology 2

Verb

capricho

1. 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)

1. 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