capotear
Spanish, verb/kapoteˈaɾ/
capotear is spelled C-A-P-O-T-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written Spanish, the 304,756th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capotear is a Spanish verb meaning “to wave a capote (cape) at” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer suertes con la capa al toro o novillo”.
What does capotear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wave a capote (cape) at
- 2
to take for a ride, to give someone the runaround
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer suertes con la capa al toro o novillo. 2. Entretener a uno con engaños o evasivas. 3. Evadir mañosamente las dificultades y compromisos.
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 capotear
- capoteo first-person present singular
- capoteé first-person preterite singular
- capoteado participle past
- capoteando gerund
- capoteada feminine participle past
- capoteados masculine participle past
- capoteadas feminine participle past
- capoteas indicative informal present
- capoteás indicative informal present
- capotea indicative present singular
- capoteamos first-person indicative plural
- capoteáis indicative plural present
- capotean indicative plural present
- capoteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- capoteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- capoteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- capoteabais imperfect indicative plural
- capoteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capotear?
- /kapoteˈaɾ/
- [ka.po.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [kapot̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is capotear in Spanish?
capotear appears about once in every 78 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).