capote
Spanish, noun
capote is spelled C-A-P-O-T-E (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,673rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capote is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cloak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of capotar. With an accent, capoté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of capotar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prenda de abrigo que se viste por encima de las restantes ropas, a modo de una chaqueta gruesa y de largo…”.
What does capote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecloak
- 2
masculinecape worn by bullfighters
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of capotar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prenda de abrigo que se viste por encima de las restantes ropas, a modo de una chaqueta gruesa y de largo variable, llegando los más cortos a las corvas y los más largos a los tobillos.
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 capote
- capotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to capote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capote in Spanish?
capote appears 1.2 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).