capillo

Interlingua

Noun

capillo (plural capillos)

1. hair (individual strand)

Latin

Noun

capillō m

1. dative/ablative singular of capillus (“hair”)

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin capillus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [kaˈpillə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [kaˈpiddə]

Noun

capillo m (plural capille)

1. hair of the mass growing on the top of the human head

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 95: “i capelli; il capello” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish capiello, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, diminutive from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of chapeo and chapó (from French) as well as capelo (from Italian). Compare English chapeau.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpiʝo/ [kaˈpi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpiʝo/ [kaˈpi.ʝo] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈpiʎo/ [kaˈpi.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈpiʃo/ [kaˈpi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈpiʒo/ [kaˈpi.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈpio/ [kaˈpi.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: ca‧pi‧llo

Noun

capillo m (plural capillos)

1. hood, especially a kind worn as a popular outfit in certain regions
2. linen cap worn by young boys, or one of white cloth worn by boys at baptism

Related terms

• capa

Further reading

• “capillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026