Polyglot Dictionary

capital

/kapiˈtaw/

a noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as capitais

Meaning

  1. capital city

    • Brasília é a capital.

      Brasília is the capital.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Hauptstadt

Hauptstadt is the German word for the same thing — both mean "capital city."

Spanish

capital

capital is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "capital city."

Practice

1 What does capital mean?

2 Fill the gap: Brasília é a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches capital?

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