incapaz

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incapax. By surface analysis, in- +‎ capaz.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kaˈpa(j)s/ [ĩ.kaˈpa(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kaˈpa(j)s/ [ĩ.kaˈpa(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kaˈpa(j)ʃ/ [ĩ.kaˈpa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɐˈpaʃ/

• Hyphenation: in‧ca‧paz

Adjective

incapaz m or f (plural incapazes)

1. incapable, unable

   Antonym: capaz

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:incapaz.

Related terms

• capaz

Further reading

• “incapaz” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incapax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inkaˈpaθ/ [ĩŋ.kaˈpaθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /inkaˈpas/ [ĩŋ.kaˈpas]
• Hyphenation: in‧ca‧paz

• Audio (Colombia):

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Adjective

incapaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural incapaces)

1. incapable, unable

   Antonym: capaz

Related terms

• capaz

Further reading

• “incapaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28