capa
Spanish, noun
capa is spelled C-A-P-A (4 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,621st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cloak, cape (a sleeveless garment hanging from the neck)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of capar. With an accent, capá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of capar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prenda de ropa, larga y sin mangas que se ciñe a los hombros o al cuello”.
What does capa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecloak, cape (a sleeveless garment hanging from the neck)
- 2
femininecoat, sheet (a covering of material, such as paint)
- 3
femininelayer (a single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- 4
feminineguise; pretext; cloak; cover
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of capar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prenda de ropa, larga y sin mangas que se ciñe a los hombros o al cuello. 2. Cierta proporción de una sustancia que cubre o envuelve a otra. 3. Disposición de la embarcación que hallándose en el mar, y no faltando viento, no anda o no navega, y está poco menos que parada. Esta maniobra se hace o por precisión o por conveniencia: lo primero sucede cuando es forzoso aguantar un temporal; y lo segundo cuando se quiere esperar a alguna otra embarcación , o con otros fines. Esta última capa se distingue de la otra con los nombres de facha y pa 4. Gratificación que además del flete se da al capitán de un buque mercante que trasporta o carga géneros a su bordo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of capa
- capas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to capa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capa in Spanish?
capa appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).