capitalidad

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Italic *kaput

Latin caput

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin capitālisbor.

Spanish capital

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itātemlbor.

Spanish -idad

Spanish capitalidad

From capital + -idad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapitaliˈdad/ [ka.pi.t̪a.liˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: ca‧pi‧ta‧li‧dad

Noun

capitalidad f (plural capitalidades)

1. the state of being the capital

Further reading

• “capitalidad”, 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