capó

See also: capo, capô, ĉapo, çapo, Capo, CAPO, and capo-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kəˈpu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [kəˈpo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈpo]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō.

Noun

capó m (plural capons)

1. castrated animal
2. capon

   Synonym: caponat

Derived terms

• capó d'aigua-ros
• capó reial
• caponar
• caponera

Related terms

• capar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French capot.

Noun

capó m (plural capós)

1. hood / bonnet (the hinged cover over the engine of a motor car)

Further reading

• “capó”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “capó”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “capó” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “capó”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpo/ [kaˈpo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ca‧pó

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Italic *kaput

Latin caput

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulum

Latin capitulum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin -āre

Latin capitulāre?

Late Latin cappa

Old French cape

Old French capote

French capotbor.

Spanish capó

Borrowed from French capot. Doublet of capote.

Noun

capó m (plural capós)

1. hood of an automobile

   Alternative form: capot

   Synonym: cofre

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

capó

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of capar

Further reading

• “capó”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025