caprichar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.pɾiˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ka.pɾiˈʃa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ka.pɾiˈʃa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ka.pɾiˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ka.pɾiˈʃa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.pɾiˈʃa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.pɾiˈʃaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.pɾiˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.pɾiˈʃa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ca‧pri‧char
Verb
caprichar (first-person singular present capricho, first-person singular preterite caprichei, past participle caprichado)
- to do be capricious or do something capriciously
- (Brazil) to do something very well; to produce something of good quality
- (Brazil, informal) to add a good amount of food
- Capricha no molho!
- Put a lot of sauce!
Conjugation
Conjugation of caprichar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “caprichar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “caprichar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “caprichar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “caprichar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “caprichar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “caprichar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025