capullo

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from capillo (“hood”), with the ending influenced by Latin cucūllus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈpuʝo/ [kaˈpu.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaˈpuʎo/ [kaˈpu.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈpuʃo/ [kaˈpu.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈpuʒo/ [kaˈpu.ʒo]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -uʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -uʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -uʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -uʒo

Syllabification: ca‧pu‧llo

Noun

capullo m (plural capullos)

cocoon
bud, blossom (especially used for rosebuds)
pod
(vulgar) foreskin
Synonym: prepucio
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 78:
  Me baja más los pantalones y me come el capullo hasta que estoy a punto de correrme otra vez.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

capullo m (plural capullos, feminine capulla, feminine plural capullas)

(Spain, vulgar, derogatory) asshole, dick (contemptible person)
Synonyms: cabrón, (Chile) conchetumadre, gilipollas

Further reading

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

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