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Portuguese
Etymology
From Spanish capacho, from capazo, from Latin capax.
Pronunciation
Noun
capacho m (plural capachos)
- doormat (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)
- (figuratively) doormat (someone that is over-submissive to others’ wishes)
Spanish
Etymology
Variant of capazo, from Latin capācem (“wide, roomy, capacious”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈpat͡ʃo/
- Rhymes: -atʃo
- Syllabification: ca‧pa‧cho
Noun
capacho m (plural capachos)
- wicker basket
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 184:El diez de agosto, día de San Lorenzo, no debe trabajar ningún minero, porque el que lo hace está expuesto a graves a graves accidentes: si es barretero, se quema con la pólvora del tiro; si apir (cargador) rueda con el capacho; etc.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- wicker baby carriage
Adjective
capacho (feminine capacha, masculine plural capachos, feminine plural capachas)
- (bullfighting) having horns pointing flat out to the sides
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