caparra

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈpa.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kaˈpa.ra]

Etymology 1

From cap +‎ -arra.

Noun

caparra f (plural caparres)

1. headache

   Synonym: mal de cap

Etymology 2

Related to Basque kaparra, Spanish garrapata.

Noun

caparra f (plural caparres)

1. (Valencia) Synonym of paparra (“tick”)

Further reading

• “caparra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “caparra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “caparra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Italian

Etymology

From capo (“head, principal”) +‎ arra (“deposit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpar.ra/
• Rhymes: -arra
• Hyphenation: ca‧pàr‧ra

Noun

caparra f (plural caparre)

1. (law) down payment, deposit, earnest money

Derived terms

• accaparrare

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Kapore
• → Greek: καπάρο (kapáro)
• → Occitan: caparra (probably)

Further reading

• caparra on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• caparra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Occitan

Etymology

Likely from Italian caparra

Noun

caparra f (plural caparras)

1. (law) down payment