capacidade

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Archaic Latin kapiō

Latin capiō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Latin capāx

Latin -tās

Latin capācitāsder.

Galician capacidade

Derived from Latin capācitās.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kapaθiˈdade/ [kɑ.pa.θiˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kapaθiˈdade/ [kɑ.pa.θiˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /kapasiˈdade/ [kɑ.pa.siˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]

• Rhymes: -ade
• Hyphenation: ca‧pa‧ci‧da‧de

Noun

capacidade f (plural capacidades)

1. capacity

Further reading

• “capacidade”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Archaic Latin kapiō

Latin capiō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Latin capāx

Latin -tās

Latin capācitātemlbor.

Portuguese capacidade

Learned borrowing from Latin capācitātem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.pa.siˈda.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pɐ.siˈda.dɨ/ [kɐ.pɐ.siˈða.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pɐ.siˈda.dɨ/ [kɐ.pɐ.siˈða.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pɐ.siˈda.dɨ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: ca‧pa‧ci‧da‧de

Noun

capacidade f (plural capacidades)

1. capacity (the ability to hold, receive or absorb)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:capacidade.

Further reading

• “capacidade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “capacidade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026