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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
    feminine
  2. flat surface over the oven, where this coop used to be
    feminine
  3. henhouse, coop
    feminine

Equivalents

العربية خم قن
Čeština kurník
Ελληνικά κοτέτσι
English Cage Coop
Esperanto kokejo
Español gallinero
Français coop poulailler
Gaeilge cúb
Italiano pollaio stia
Kurdî pîn pin
Latina hara
Македонски кокошарник
Bahasa Melayu reban
Polski kurnik
Português galinheiro
ไทย เล้า
Tagalog tangkal
Türkçe kümes pin
Українська коєць

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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