caparazón

Inherited from Old Spanish caparaçón (15th century), from Old Occitan capairon; or alternatively from the ancestor of Mistralian Provençal caparasso (“large cape with hood”) + -ón;^[1] both ultimately from Late Latin cappa (“cape”).

• IPA^(key): /kapaɾaˈθon/ [ka.pa.ɾaˈθõn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /kapaɾaˈson/ [ka.pa.ɾaˈsõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ca‧pa‧ra‧zón

caparazón m (plural caparazones)

1. carapace (a hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal)

   Synonym: carapacho

2. caparison
3. shell

   Synonym: concha

• “caparazón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025