capatazia
Portuguese, noun/ka.pa.taˈzi.ɐ/
capatazia is spelled C-A-P-A-T-A-Z-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese, the 229,473rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capatazia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a handling charge, such as on items passing through a port” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “trabalho do capataz”.
What does capatazia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea handling charge, such as on items passing through a port
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. trabalho do capataz 2. conjunto de pessoas supervisionadas por um capataz
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of capatazia
- capatazias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capatazia?
- Brazil /ka.pa.taˈzi.ɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ.pɐ.tɐˈzi.ɐ/
- /ka.pa.ta.ˈzi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is capatazia in Portuguese?
capatazia appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).