cápsula

See also: capsula, capsulá, and càpsula

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin capsula.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.su.lɐ/, /ˈkap.su.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.su.lɐ/, /ˈkap.su.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.su.la/, /ˈka.pi.su.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.psu.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: cáp‧su‧la

Noun

cápsula f (plural cápsulas)

1. (pharmacy) capsule (small container containing a dose of medicine)
2. (physiology) capsule (membranous envelope)
3. (botany) capsule (seed-case)
4. (astronautics) capsule (part of spacecraft containing crew’s living space)
5. pod (small vehicle)

Further reading

• “cápsula”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cápsula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capsula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkabsula/ [ˈkaβ̞.su.la]
• Rhymes: -absula
• Syllabification: cáp‧su‧la

Noun

cápsula f (plural cápsulas)

1. (pharmacy) capsule (small container containing a dose of medicine)

   Synonyms: píldora, pastilla, tableta

2. (astronautics) capsule

   cápsula espacial ― space capsule

3. cap, bottle cap

   cápsula de botella ― bottle cap

4. (media) spot, bulletin (short program segment)

   cápsula de radio ― radio spot

   cápsula informativa ― news brief

Derived terms

• cápsula de escape
• capsular
• encapsular
• microcápsula

Further reading

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