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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin crāpula.
Pronunciation
Noun
crápula m or f by sense (plural crápulas)
- (Brazil, derogatory) a despicable person
- Synonyms: canalha, sem-vergonha, patife
Noun
crápula f (plural crápulas)
- recklessness, imprudence
- Synonym: imprudência
- debauchery; profligacy
- Synonyms: libertinagem, devassidão
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin crāpula (“drunkenness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾapula/
- Rhymes: -apula
- Syllabification: crá‧pu‧la
Noun
crápula f (plural crápulas)
- debauchery
- Synonyms: libertinaje, disipación
- crapula
- (rare) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Noun
crápula m (plural crápulas)
- libertine, waster
- Synonyms: libertino, juerguista
2008 October 27, “Declara en la Audiencia Nacional el alcalde que llamó "crápula" al Rey”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:Durante el aniversario 77 de la II República en el Ateneo Republicano del Campo de Gibraltar celebrado en Los Barrios (Cádiz) el pasado 14 de abril, Barroso afirmó, entre otras cosas, que "el Borbón es hijo de un crápula. El Borbón de condición deleznable, el presente, no es menos deleznable de lo que su padre fue. […] "- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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