capear

From capa +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /kapeˈaɾ/ [kɑ.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

capear (first-person singular present capeo, first-person singular preterite capeei, past participle capeado)

1. (nautical) to weather (the storm)
2. to cover a wall with a flagstone
3. to cloak
4. to wave (the hand)

• a capa

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “capear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “capear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “capear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From capa +‎ -ear.

• Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧ar

capear (first-person singular present capeio, first-person singular preterite capeei, past participle capeado)

1. to cloak; to conceal; to dissimulate; to hide
   • 1789, Agostinho Rebelo da Costa, Descripçaõ topografica, e historica da Cidade do Porto, Officina de Antonio Alvarez Ribeiro, page 9:

     […] elles se esforçaõ em amontoar reíteradas, e impertinentes satisfaçoens, que em lugar de lhes adquirirem o glorioso nome de Desenteressados, os mostraõ ávidos de gloria, capeáda com o disfarce do proprio louvor.

     […] they strive to stack repeated and impertinent explanations, that instead of granting them the glorious name of Uninterested, shows them eager of glory, cloaked with the disguise of the own praise.

   Synonyms: dissimular, esconder

• “capear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From capa (“cape”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /kapeˈaɾ/ [ka.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧pe‧ar

capear (first-person singular present capeo, first-person singular preterite capeé, past participle capeado)

1. (bullfighting) to take part in a capea
2. (by extension) to dodge; to see out

• “capear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024