capirote

Spanish

capirotes (sense 2) worn by nazarenos in Semana Santa

Etymology

From capirón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapiˈɾote/ [ka.piˈɾo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: ca‧pi‧ro‧te

Noun

capirote m (plural capirotes)

1. hood (of certain garments)
3. (folklore) a type of tall pointed hat worn for certain festivals
4. dunce cap
5. (ornithology) hood
6. Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

   Synonym: curruca capirotada

Derived terms

• capirotado
• hacer mangas y capirotes
• tonto de capirote

Further reading

• “capirote”, 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
• “capirote”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “capirote”, in Diccionario del español de México [Dictionary of the Spanish of Mexico] (in Spanish), second edition, Mexican Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Mexicana de la Lengua], 2019