capricho

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian capriccio.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpɾi.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpɾi.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpɾi.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpɾi.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpɾi.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpɾi.t͡ʃu/

• Rhymes: -iʃu
• Hyphenation: ca‧pri‧cho

Noun

capricho m (plural caprichos)

1. caprice, fancy
2. raze, rage
3. (in the expression fazer com capricho)
   1. stubbornness, obstinacy

   Synonyms: brio, timbre, pundonor, inconstância, teimosia, obstinação, birra, apuro, esmero, primor

   1. care; skill

   Ele fez o serviço com capricho.

   He did his work earnestly.

Related terms

• caprichoso, caprichar

Further reading

• “capricho”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “capricho”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “capricho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “capricho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “capricho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “capricho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Etymology 2

Verb

capricho

1. first-person singular present indicative of caprichar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian capriccio. More at English caprice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpɾit͡ʃo/ [kaˈpɾi.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -itʃo
• Syllabification: ca‧pri‧cho

Noun

capricho m (plural caprichos)

1. caprice, vagary, whim, fancy

   Synonyms: antojo, ventolera

Derived terms

• darse un capricho
• encapricharse

Related terms

• caprichoso

Descendants

• → Catalan: capritx
• → Cebuano: kapritso
• → Tagalog: kapritso

Further reading

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