carapuça

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carapuza.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈpu.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈpu.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈpu.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈpu.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -usɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧pu‧ça

Noun

carapuça f (plural carapuças)

1. a flexible, conical cap
2. (figuratively) indirect censorship

Derived terms

• carapuço
• enfiar a carapuça
• qual carapuça!