incapaz

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incapax. By surface analysis, in- +‎ capaz.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kaˈpa(j)s/ [ĩ.kaˈpa(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kaˈpa(j)s/ [ĩ.kaˈpa(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kaˈpa(j)ʃ/ [ĩ.kaˈpa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɐˈpaʃ/

• Hyphenation: in‧ca‧paz

Adjective

incapaz m or f (plural incapazes)

1. incapable, unable

   Antonym: capaz

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:incapaz.

Related terms

• capaz

Noun

incapaz m or f by sense (plural incapazes)

1. conservatee

Further reading

• “incapaz” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “incapaz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incapax. By surface analysis, in- +‎ capaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkaˈpaθ/ [ĩŋ.kaˈpaθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /inkaˈpas/ [ĩŋ.kaˈpas] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -as (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: in‧ca‧paz

Adjective

incapaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural incapaces)

1. incapable, unable

   Antonym: capaz

Related terms

• capaz

Further reading

• “incapaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024