capotillo

Spanish

Etymology

From capote +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kapoˈtiʝo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kapoˈtiʎo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kapoˈtiʃo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kapoˈtiʒo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʒo]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

Syllabification: ca‧po‧ti‧llo

Noun

capotillo m (plural capotillos)

(bullfighting) cape
- 2015 July 14, “Vídeo: Los toros de Miura cierran San Fermín con récord de velocidad”, in El País‎:
  O como dice la tradición, el capotillo de San Fermín ha salido al quite de los mozos en numerosas ocasiones.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“capotillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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