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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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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

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

A sleeved cope, then, was the distinctive garb of a canonist not in holy orders, and as Thomas Chandler became S.T.P. in 1450, the capa manicata would be obviously out of place on his person.

From The Customs of Old England by F. J. (Frederick John) Snell

In the first-named, there generally comes more of the capa than is necessary to use; the remaining bales, which contain the inferior class, are fit only for fillings.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

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

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

We sent the pair to Capa Tosta, which serves casual Italian cuisine in Columbia Heights.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022

The islands were named by a pious priest, who made the map; and those we see in looking out from Santa Barbara are San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Ana, Capa.

From A Truthful Woman in Southern California by Kate Sanborn