capota

Catalan

Etymology

From capot +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Noun

capota f (plural capotes)

1. (clothing) bonnet
2. (automotive) bonnet, hood

Derived terms

• encapotar

Further reading

• “capota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pɔ.ta/
• Homophones: capotas, capotât

Verb

capota

1. third-person singular past historic of capoter

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: ca‧pò‧ta

Verb

capota

1. inflection of capotare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• pacato

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpɔ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpɔ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpɔ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpɔ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧po‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French capote.

Noun

capota f (plural capotas)

1. (automotive) hood; soft top (foldable roof of a convertible)

Etymology 2

Verb

capota

1. inflection of capotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “capota”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French capoter.

Verb

a capota (third-person singular present capotează, past participle capotat) 1st conjugation

1. to overturn (of a boat, car etc.)

Conjugation

    conjugation of capota (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a capota
gerund			capotând
past participle			capotat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	capotez	capotezi	capotează	capotăm	capotați	capotează
	imperfect	capotam	capotai	capota	capotam	capotați	capotau
	simple perfect	capotai	capotași	capotă	capotarăm	capotarăți	capotară
	pluperfect	capotasem	capotaseși	capotase	capotaserăm	capotaserăți	capotaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să capotez	să capotezi	să capoteze	să capotăm	să capotați	să capoteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		capotează			capotați
	negative		nu capota			nu capotați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpota/ [kaˈpo.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: ca‧po‧ta

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin caput (“head”).

Noun

capota f (plural capotas)

1. (automotive) hood (UK), top (US) of a vehicle
2. (nautical) sprayhood

Derived terms

• descapotar

Etymology 2

Verb

capota

1. inflection of capotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “capota”, 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
• “capota”, 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