cápsula

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin capsula. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cáp‧su‧la === Noun === cápsula f (plural cápsulas) (pharmacy) capsule (small container containing a dose of medicine) (physiology) capsule (membranous envelope) (botany) capsule (seed-case) (astronautics) capsule (part of spacecraft containing crew’s living space) pod (small vehicle) === Further reading === “cápsula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cápsula”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “cápsula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin capsula. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkabsula/ [ˈkaβ̞.su.la] Rhymes: -absula Syllabification: cáp‧su‧la === Noun === cápsula f (plural cápsulas) (pharmacy) capsule (small container containing a dose of medicine) Synonyms: píldora, pastilla, tableta (astronautics) capsule cápsula espacial ― space capsule cap, bottle cap cápsula de botella ― bottle cap (media) spot, bulletin (short program segment) cápsula de radio ― radio spot cápsula informativa ― news brief ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “cápsula”, 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