carapuço

Portuguese

Etymology

From carapuça.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈpu.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈpu.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈpu.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈpu.su/

• Rhymes: -usu
• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧pu‧ço

Noun

carapuço m (plural carapuços)

1. hood (cap made of wool or other fabric, generally conical in shape)
2. conical shaped bag, used as a filter for infusing coffee
3. (ornithology) Sylvia atricapilla (small bird, from the Silviidae family, common in Portugal, especially in wooded areas, has greyish plumage, lighter on the belly, with the top of the head black (male) or reddish (female))

Further reading

• “carapuço” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “carapuço” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “carapuço” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.