caparra
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kəˈpa.rə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kaˈpa.ra/
Etymology 1
cap + -arra
Noun
caparra f (plural caparres)
- headache
- Synonym: mal de cap
Etymology 2
Related to Basque kaparra, Spanish garrapata.
Noun
caparra f (plural caparres)
- (Valencia) Synonym of paparra (“tick”)
Further reading
- “caparra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “caparra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “caparra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Italian
Etymology
From capo (“head, principal”) + arra (“deposit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈpar.ra/
- Rhymes: -arra
- Hyphenation: ca‧pàr‧ra
Noun
caparra f (plural caparre)
- (law) down payment, deposit, earnest
Derived terms
- accaparrare
Descendants
- → Alemannic German: Kapore
- → Greek: καπάρο (kapáro)
- → Occitan: caparra (probably)
Further reading
caparra on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it- caparra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Occitan
Etymology
Likely from Italian caparra
Noun
caparra f (plural caparras)
- (law) down payment