capulana
Portuguese, noun/ka.puˈlɐ̃.nɐ/
capulana is spelled C-A-P-U-L-A-N-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capulana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “capulana, a garment similar to a sarong, usually colourful, worn by women in Mozambique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedaço de tecido feito de algodão, fibra sintética ou seda, com vários desenhos e cores, que as mulheres…”.
What does capulana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecapulana, a garment similar to a sarong, usually colourful, worn by women in Mozambique.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedaço de tecido feito de algodão, fibra sintética ou seda, com vários desenhos e cores, que as mulheres moçambicanas costumam prender à volta da cintura como peça de vestuário ou como porta-bebés
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 capulana
- capulanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capulana?
- Brazil /ka.puˈlɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ.puˈlɐ.nɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ.puˈla.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is capulana in Portuguese?
capulana appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).