Polyglot Dictionary

capela

/kaˈpɛlɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as capelas

Meaning

  1. chapel

    • Casaram na capela.

      They married in the chapel.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

ermida

ermida is more of a small, remote, or rural chapel, a hermitage; capela is more general, any chapel, including inside a larger church.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

capilla

capilla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "chapel."

French

chapelle

chapelle is the French word for the same thing — both mean "chapel."

Practice

1 What does capela mean?

2 Fill the gap: Casaram na ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches capela?

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