caperuza

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin cappa + an unclear suffix -er- + the suffix -ūcea. Sometimes derived from Medieval Latin caperō (“hood, esp. as worn by monks of the Franciscan order”) (genitive singular caperōnis), but that appears to be a borrowing from Old French chaperon (“hood”), with the same unclear suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapeˈɾuθa/ [ka.peˈɾu.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kapeˈɾusa/ [ka.peˈɾu.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -usa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ca‧pe‧ru‧za

Noun

caperuza f (plural caperuzas)

1. hood

Further reading

• “caperuza”, 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