capotillo

Spanish

Etymology

From capote +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kapoˈtiʝo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kapoˈtiʎo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kapoˈtiʃo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kapoˈtiʒo/ [ka.poˈt̪i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: ca‧po‧ti‧llo

Noun

capotillo m (plural capotillos)

(bullfighting) cape
- 2015 July 14, “Vídeo: Los toros de Miura cierran San Fermín con récord de velocidad”, in El País‎^[1]:
  O como dice la tradición, el capotillo de San Fermín ha salido al quite de los mozos en numerosas ocasiones.
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Further reading

“capotillo”, 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