capricho
Portuguese, noun/kaˈpɾi.ʃu/
capricho is spelled C-A-P-R-I-C-H-O (8 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,472nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capricho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “caprice, fancy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of caprichar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vontade súbita e sem fundamento justificado; fantasia; obstinação; volubilidade; inconstância; brio; timbre…”.
What does capricho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaprice, fancy
- 2
masculineraze, rage
- 3
masculinestubbornness, obstinacy
- 4
masculinecare; skill
verb
- 1
masculinefirst-person singular present indicative of caprichar
Ele fez o serviço com capricho.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vontade súbita e sem fundamento justificado; fantasia; obstinação; volubilidade; inconstância; brio; timbre; pundonor; variabilidade de modas ou de ideias; extravagância em obras de arte 2. certa forma de composição musical
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 capricho
- caprichos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capricho?
- Brazil /kaˈpɾi.ʃu/
- Portugal /kɐˈpɾi.ʃu/
- Portugal /kɐˈpɾit.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capricho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capricho in Portuguese?
capricho appears 3.2 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).