capa

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cape

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capa
feminine noun
1 cloak, cape (manto)
  • andar de capa caída (informal) -> to be in a bad way; (persona) to be struggling (negocio)
  • defender algo a capa y espada -> to defend something tooth and nail
  • hacer de su capa un sayo -> to do as one pleases
2 coat (baño) (de barniz, pintura) ; coating (de chocolate)
3 layer (estrato) ; stratum, layer (geology)
  • capa atmosférica -> atmosphere
  • una capa de hielo -> a film of ice
  • capa de ozono -> ozone layer
  • capa terrestre -> Earth's surface
4 stratum, class (grupo social)
5 cape (bullfighting)

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capa [cah’-pah]
noun
1 Cloak. (f)
2 Mantle. (f)
3 Layer, strata, lamina. (f)
4 Coat or hair of a horse. (f)
5 Cover, anything laid over another. (f)
6 Cloak, pretence or pretext, mask, cover. (Metaphorical) (f)
7 Hider, harborer. (f)
8 Property, fortune. (f)
verb
9 CAUDAL.
10 An American rodent; the spotted cavy.
verb
11 PACA.
12 Among bell-founders, the third mould used in casting bells.
13 Coat of pa
interrogative
14 Bed, stratum, vein, seam, ledge. (Metaphorical & Nautical) (n)
15 (Mas.) Bed, course. (n)
16 Wrapper for tobacco. (n)
  • Capa del cielo -> (Met.) canopy of heaven
  • Capa pluvial -> a pluvial or choircope, worn by prelates in processions
  • Capa y sombrero -> (Naut.) hat-money, allowance per ton to the captain on his cargo; ponerse a la capa, (Naut.) to lie to
  • Anda -> or ir de capa caída, to be down in the mouth, crestfallen
  • Echar la capa al toro -> (Met.) to expose oneself to danger
  • Estar o estarse a la capa -> (Met.) to have a good or sharp lookout
  • Sacar bien su capa -> (Met.) to disengage oneself from difficulties; (capa rota), (fig.) secret emissary
  • Capa torera -> bullfighter’s cape
  • Hacer de su capa un sayo -> to do what one likes with one’s own things, act freely
  • Comedia de capa y espada -> cloak-and-dagger play
  • Primera capa -> undercoat
  • Capas sociales -> social layers
  • Madera de tres capas -> three-ply wood

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capa
sustantivo:femenino
1 (prenda) cloak; cape
una comedia de capa y espada a cloak-and-dagger play
andar estar de capa caídao (estar triste) to look be crestfallen;o be down in the mouth; (estar en decadencia) to be in on the decline;o
defender algo a capa y espada to fight tooth and nail for sth
defendió a capa y espada la inocencia de su cliente defendió a capa y espada que la Tierra es plana
hace de su capa un sayo he does as he pleases
capa de agua (chubasquero) raincape
capa torera bullfighter's cape
2 (estrato) layer
la capa atmosférica the atmosphere; las capas de la atmósfera the layers strata of the atmosphere;o la capa de ozono the ozone layer; amplias capas sociales de la poblacióno broad strata of society
defienden a las capas populares gentes de todas las capas sociales
un corte de pelo a capas a layered cut; madera de tres capas three-ply wood
capa freática aquifer; phreatic stratum
3 (recubrimiento)
una capa de hielo a sheet of ice; una capa de nieve a blanket of snow; los muebles tenían una densa capa de polvo the furniture had a thick layer of dust; una fina capa de grasa a film of grease; le di dos capas de pintura I gave it two coats of paint; el pastel tiene dos capas de chocolate the cake has two layers of chocolate
4 (Náutica)
estar ponerse a la capao to lie to
5 (formal)
so bajo capa deo (bajo la apariencia de) in under the guise of;o (con el pretexto de) on under the pretext of;o as a pretext for; so bajo capa ética, predican un puritanismo extremoo in under the guise of ethics, they are preaching extreme puritanism;o so bajo capa de modernizar la empresa han reducido la plantillao on under the pretext of modernizing the company they have cut back the staff;o
so capa de peatonalizar lo que ya es bastante peatonal de por sí, pretende perforar el Paseo con un túnel subterráneo, pretende perforar el Paseo con un túnel subterráneo on under the pretext of pedestrianizing what is already quite pedestrianizedo bajo capa de realismo, la lucha contra el poder clerical se agudiza

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