caperuza

== Spanish == === Etymology === From Late Latin cappa + an unclear suffix -er- + the suffix -ūcea. Sometimes derived from Medieval Latin caperō (“hood, esp. as worn by monks of the Franciscan order”) (genitive singular caperōnis), but that appears to be a borrowing from Old French chaperon (“hood”), with the same unclear suffix. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kapeˈɾuθa/ [ka.peˈɾu.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /kapeˈɾusa/ [ka.peˈɾu.sa] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -uθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -usa (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: ca‧pe‧ru‧za === Noun === caperuza f (plural caperuzas) hood === Further reading === “caperuza”, 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