capaz
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since the 18th century. Ultimately from Latin capāx.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]capaz m or f (plural capaces)
- able, capable
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- Anque à prea non hègrande
si ca si, ò sacristan
disque à pestàna do figado
se lle hiba alegrando já.
Ô cont'hè, si enturra n'eso
Deus me libre das suas más,
que'anque eu non queira, na Coba
de chantarme heche capàz.- Although the booty is not large,
anyhow, the sacristan's
liver's eyes, reportedly,
were shinning bright.
The issue is, if he persists,
God save me from his hands,
that even if I don't want, in the grave
he is capable of thrusting me
- Although the booty is not large,
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “capaz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “capaz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “capaz”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Macanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese capaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]capaz
- well-taught
- intelligent
- Se pôde, sâm capaz; si nom pôde, sâm capám.
- If you can, you're smart; if you can't, you're useless.
- capable
- Maquista-maquista qui capaz, falâ quarto língu-língu!
- Macanese are so capable, they can speak four languages!
- daring
- Iou nunca capaz onçom vai fora na nôti.
- I never dare to go out alone at night.
References
[edit]- https://belamaquista.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/capaz/
- https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]capaz m or f (plural capazes)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Interjection
[edit]capaz!
- (South Brazil) no way! (expresses disbelief)
- (South Brazil) no problem; don't mention it (polite response to a thank you)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin capācem (“capable, able”). Compare Portuguese capaz, Galician capaz, French capace, English capacious.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /kaˈpaθ/ [kaˈpaθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kaˈpas/ [kaˈpas]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aθ
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: ca‧paz
Adjective
[edit]capaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural capaces)
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]capaz
- (Latin America, sometimes with subjunctive) maybe, perhaps
- 2004, Juan Ignacio Torres, Salir del placard, Imaginador, →ISBN, [143 page 143]:
- No se quedó enganchada sólo en decirme por qué era gay sino que sentí todo su apoyo por la separación que estaba viviendo. Me decía: “Bueno, mirá, eso pasa, capaz que vuelve, tené paciencia, capaz que te amigás”.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “capaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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