caparra

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈpa.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈpa.ra]

From cap +‎ -arra.

caparra f (plural caparres)

1. headache

   Synonym: mal de cap

Related to Basque kaparra, Spanish garrapata.

caparra f (plural caparres)

1. (Valencia) synonym of paparra (“tick”)

• “caparra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “caparra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “caparra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

From capo (“head, principal”) +‎ arra (“deposit”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpar.ra/
• Rhymes: -arra
• Hyphenation: ca‧pàr‧ra

caparra f (plural caparre)

1. (law) down payment, deposit, earnest money

• accaparrare

• → Alemannic German: Kapore
• → Greek: καπάρο (kapáro)
• → Occitan: caparra (probably)

• caparra on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• caparra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Likely from Italian caparra

caparra f (plural caparras)

1. (law) down payment