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  capa

  noun

  the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
• Capa
  Capa

  noun

  Robert Andrei Friedmann, 1913–54, U.S. photographer, born in Hungary.

capa

¹ American  

[kah-puh] / ˈkɑ pə /

noun

1. the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.

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Capa ² American  

[kap-uh] / ˈkæp ə /

noun

1. Robert Andrei Friedmann, 1913–54, U.S. photographer, born in Hungary.

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Capa British  

/ ˈkæpə /

noun

1. Robert, real name André Friedmann. 1913–54, Hungarian photographer, who established his reputation as a photojournalist during the Spanish Civil War.

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Etymology

Origin of capa

1780–90; < Spanish < Late Latin cappa; see cape ¹

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Weygand is a dangerous man, capa ble in moments of crisis of going far.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Ezequiel is the leader, plays the first lute, shows his authority by wearing wherever he goes a flowing Spanish capa.

From Time Magazine Archive

As it is, says one senior British official, "the Iraqis do not have the capa bility to mount an expeditionary force into central Iran."

From Time Magazine Archive

Now and then Pedro would muffle himself in his capa, don his sword, and wander from the palace after dark to the low quarters of Seville.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

The portrait of Pizarro, in the viceregal palace at Lima, represents him in a citizen's dress, with a sable cloak, - the capa y espada of a Spanish gentleman.

From History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas by Prescott, William Hickling

And she’s recently cut the ribbon on Café do Capa, an open-air capybara-themed stop along the cycling path.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

Genevieve Capa Cruz, senior marketing director for adults at the Lego Group, said the company expects sales for both adults and kids to grow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024

Cornell Capa prized the ability of photography to record history.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Five-times winner of the Robert Capa Gold Medal for courageous overseas photographic reporting, his images are known for both their brutal immediacy and their stunning composition and lighting, rendering his subjects with humanity and warmth.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023

Zapa: His Majesty; Pedrode Chaves; a minor son of Velazquez—In the village of Capa, an encomienda of his Majesty, are collected two hundred tributes.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander