caparreta

== Catalan == === Etymology === From caparra +‎ -eta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [kə.pəˈre̞.tə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [kə.pəˈrə.tə] IPA(key): (Central) [kə.pəˈrɛ.tə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ka.paˈre.ta] === Noun === caparreta f (plural caparretes) cochineal (insect in the family Coccidae) Synonym: cotxinilla === Further reading === “caparreta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007