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capim

Portuguese, noun/kaˈpĩ/

capim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “grass or grass-like plants such as sedge, especially tall, unkempt grass used as pasture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo de gramínea usada como forragem para o gado”.

What does capim mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinegrass or grass-like plants such as sedge, especially tall, unkempt grass used as pasture

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. tipo de gramínea usada como forragem para o gado 2. casulo do bômbice 3. folhelho

noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Paraíba

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 capim

  • capins plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce capim?

  • Brazil /kaˈpĩ/
  • Portugal /kɐˈpĩ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to capim

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

How common is capim in Portuguese?

capim appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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