capinha
Portuguese, noun/kaˈpĩ.ɲɐ/
capinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diminutive of capa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “capa com que o toureiro provoca ou distrai o touro”.
What does capinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of capa
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. capa com que o toureiro provoca ou distrai o touro
noun: 1. toureiro que capeia o touro
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 capinha
- capinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capinha?
- Brazil /kaˈpĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [kaˈpĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /kɐˈpi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is capinha in Portuguese?
capinha appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).