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capota

Spanish, noun

capota is spelled C-A-P-O-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capota is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hood (UK), top (US) of a vehicle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of capotar. With an accent, capotá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of capotar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cubierta o protección contra el sol o lluvia en un carruaje o vehículo de transporte de pasajeros”.

What does capota mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehood (UK), top (US) of a vehicle

  2. 2

    femininesprayhood

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as capotá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of capotar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cubierta o protección contra el sol o lluvia en un carruaje o vehículo de transporte de pasajeros. 2. Prenda de vestir con que se cubre la cabeza, generalmente para uso femenino. A veces se sujeta con cintas por debajo de la barbilla. 3. Base de la flor de la cardencha, la cual forma una cabeza empleada a veces para sacar el pelo a las telas.

noun: 1. Capa sin cuello de poca longitud, que generalmente no cae más abajo de la rodilla.

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 capota

  • capotas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to capota

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is capota in Spanish?

capota appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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