capelo
Portuguese, noun/kaˈpe.lu/
capelo is spelled C-A-P-E-L-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 69,446th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cowl (monk’s hood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “capuz de frade”.
What does capelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecowl (monk’s hood)
- 2
masculinered hat worn by cardinals, or a galero (hat worn by clergy)
- 3
masculineknit cap worn by nuns or widows
- 4
masculinedossel
- 5
masculineone with a doctorate
- 6
masculinea type of fish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. capuz de frade
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 capelo
- capelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capelo?
- Brazil /kaˈpe.lu/
- Portugal /kɐˈpe.lu/
- Portugal /kɐ.ˈpe.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capelo in Portuguese?
capelo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).