caparazón

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish caparaçón (15th century), from Old Occitan capairon; or alternatively from the ancestor of Mistralian Provençal caparasso (“large cape with hood”) + -ón; both ultimately from Late Latin cappa (“cape”).

Noun

caparazón f (plural caparazones)

1. shell
2. caparison
3. carapace

Further reading

• “caparazón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014