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Meaning of capoeira | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B2
[kɑpoˈejɾɐ]

Definitions

  1. coop for fattening the capons, which was usually kept inside the house
  2. flat surface over the oven, where this coop used to be
  3. henhouse, coop

Equivalents

العربية خم قن
Bosanski posada
Català galliner
Dansk hønsehus
English Cage Coop henhouse
Esperanto kokejo
Español gallinero
Français coop poulailler
Gàidhlig taigh-chearc
Hrvatski posada
Italiano gabbia pollaio stia
한국어 닭장
Kurdî pîn pin
Македонски кокошарник
Bahasa Melayu reban
Nederlands hoenderhok kippenhok
Português capoeira galinheiro
Română găinărie
සිංහල කූඩුව
Shqip kotec
Српски posada
Svenska hönshus
Tagalog manukan tangkal
Українська коєць садок
中文 雞窩
ZH-TW 雞窩

Examples

“O xastre sentouse na capoeira, que por tras do caldeiro estaba, picou un cigarro, poñendo mentras o debullaba entre as maus, o papel no labeo, namentras que o patrón botaba un angazo de toxos no lume.”

the tailor sat down on the oven's stone, which was behind the cauldron, and prepared a cigarette putting, while handling it, the paper on the lip, whilst the head of household was throwing a bunch of furzes into the fire

“E pois eu tamén lle ofrezo duas ducias de regeyfas, seis moletes, dèz galiñas, que teño na capoeyra, e mais vn par de capòs que m'àn de dar quintafeyra.”

And so also I offer her two dozens loaves, six muffins, ten hens that I have in the coop and a pair of capons they'll give me Thursday

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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