capuz
Portuguese, noun/kaˈpu(j)s/
capuz is spelled C-A-P-U-Z (5 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,687th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capuz is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hood (headwear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de touca que cobre a maior parte da cabeça e do pescoço, e às vezes a própria face, normalmente presa…”.
What does capuz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehood (headwear)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de touca que cobre a maior parte da cabeça e do pescoço, e às vezes a própria face, normalmente presa de alguma forma a um casaco ou a uma blusa
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 capuz
- capuzes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capuz?
- Brazil /kaˈpu(j)s/
- Brazil [kaˈpu(ɪ̯)s]
- /kaˈpu(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capuz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capuz in Portuguese?
capuz appears 2.1 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).