carapuça
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish carapuza.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾaˈpu.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ɾaˈpu.sa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾɐˈpu.sɐ/
- Rhymes: -usɐ
- Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧pu‧ça
Noun
carapuça f (plural carapuças)
- a flexible, conical cap
- (figuratively) indirect censorship
Derived terms
- carapuço
- enfiar a carapuça
- qual carapuça!