incapaz

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incapax. By surface analysis, in- +‎ capaz.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kaˈpa(j)s/ [ĩ.kaˈpa(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kaˈpa(j)ʃ/ [ĩ.kaˈpa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɐˈpaʃ/

Hyphenation: in‧ca‧paz

Adjective

incapaz m or f (plural incapazes)

incapable, unable
Antonym: capaz

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:incapaz.

Related terms

capaz

Noun

incapaz m or f by sense (plural incapazes)

conservatee

Further reading

“incapaz” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“incapaz” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incapax. By surface analysis, in- +‎ capaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /inkaˈpaθ/ [ĩŋ.kaˈpaθ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /inkaˈpas/ [ĩŋ.kaˈpas]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
(Spain) Rhymes: -aθ
(Latin America) Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: in‧ca‧paz

Adjective

incapaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural incapaces)

incapable, unable
Antonym: capaz

Related terms

capaz

Further reading

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

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