capaz

Attested since the 18th century. Ultimately from Latin capāx.

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈpaθ], (western) [kɑˈpas]

capaz m or f (plural capaces)

1. 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

• “capaz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “capaz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “capaz” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin capāx.

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpa(j)s/
• Homophone: capais (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ca‧paz

capaz m or f (plural capazes)

1. able, capable

   Ela é capaz de patinar.

   She is able to skate.

• capacidade

• Kabuverdianu: kapás

capaz!

1. (South Brazil) no way! (expresses disbelief)
2. (South Brazil) no problem; don't mention it (polite response to a thank you)

Borrowed from Latin capācem (“capable, able”). Compare Portuguese capaz, Galician capaz, French capace, English capacious.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kaˈpaθ/ [kaˈpaθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kaˈpas/ [kaˈpas]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ca‧paz

capaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural capaces)

1. able, capable

   Synonym: hábil

capaz

1. (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)

• “capaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• pazca