capear
Spanish, verb/kapeˈaɾ/
capear is spelled C-A-P-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 79,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capear is a Spanish verb meaning “to take part in a capea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Despojarle a alguien de su capa, especialmente en poblado y de noche”.
What does capear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take part in a capea
- 2
to dodge; to see out
- 3
to shirk
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Despojarle a alguien de su capa, especialmente en poblado y de noche. 2. Hacer suertes con la capa al toro o novillo. 3. Entretener a uno con engaños o evasivas. 4. Sortear o eludir hábilmente una situación difícil y sus consecuencias negativas.
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 capear
- capeo first-person present singular
- capeé first-person preterite singular
- capeado participle past
- capeando gerund
- capeada feminine participle past
- capeados masculine participle past
- capeadas feminine participle past
- capeas indicative informal present
- capeás indicative informal present
- capea indicative present singular
- capeamos first-person indicative plural
- capeáis indicative plural present
- capean indicative plural present
- capeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- capeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- capeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- capeabais imperfect indicative plural
- capeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capear?
- /kapeˈaɾ/
- [ka.peˈaɾ]
- [kapeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capear in Spanish?
capear appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).