caperuza

/kapeˈɾusa/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
caperuzas

Meaning

  1. hood

    • Caperucita llevaba una caperuza roja.

      Little Red Riding Hood wore a red hood.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

capucha

capucha is the standard word for a "hood," like on a jacket; caperuza is more like a cap or cover for an object, like a pen cap, or the hood in "Little Red Riding Hood."

Similar in other languages

French

capuche

capuche is the French word for the same thing — both mean "hood."

Portuguese

capuz

capuz is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hood."

Practice

1 What does caperuza mean?

2 Fill the gap: Caperucita llevaba una ___ roja.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches caperuza?

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