capullo

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from capillo (“hood”), with the ending influenced by Latin cucūllus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpuʝo/ [kaˈpu.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpuʝo/ [kaˈpu.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈpuʎo/ [kaˈpu.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈpuʃo/ [kaˈpu.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈpuʒo/ [kaˈpu.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -uʝo

• Rhymes: -uʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -uʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -uʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ca‧pu‧llo

Noun

capullo m (plural capullos)

1. cocoon
2. bud, blossom (especially used for rosebuds)
3. pod
4. (Spain, vulgar) dick, penis (male genitals)
5. (Spain, vulgar) foreskin

   Synonym: prepucio

   • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 78:

     Me baja más los pantalones y me come el capullo hasta que estoy a punto de correrme otra vez.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

capullo m (plural capullos, feminine capulla, feminine plural capullas)

1. (Spain, vulgar, derogatory) asshole, dick (contemptible person)

   Synonyms: cabrón, (Chile, Peru, Bolivia) conchetumadre, gilipollas

Further reading

• “capullo”, 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