capacidad

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin capācitātem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kapaθiˈdad/ [ka.pa.θiˈð̞að̞]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kapasiˈdad/ [ka.pa.siˈð̞að̞]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • Syllabification: ca‧pa‧ci‧dad

Noun

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capacidad f (plural capacidades)

  1. capacity, capability, ability
    • 2013, Nuria Garatachea Vallejo, Evaluación de la capacidad física, Ediciones Díaz de Santos, →ISBN, page 267:
      Identificar y explicar las razones para realizar los tests de capacidad física.
      To identify and explain the reasons for conducting tests of physical ability.
  2. capacity (measure of the ability to hold)
    • 1941, Compañía administradora del Guano (Peru), Boletín
      La fibra de sisal tiene mayor capacidad de absorpción y se dilata con más facilidad que la de abacá, […]
      Sisal fiber has a higher capacity for absorption and it expands more easily than abaca, […]
  3. capacity (maximum that can be held)
    Synonym: (of people) aforo
    • Industrialización de la naranja, IICA Biblioteca Venezuela, page 40
      La capacidad del envase por utilizar será de 250 mililitros.
      The capacity of the container that will be used will be 250 milliliters.
  4. capacity (maximum that can be produced)
    • Informe. Consulta Tecnica sobre la Medicion de la Capacidad Pesquera., Food & Agriculture Org. →ISBN, page 30
      Se invita al Grupo de Trabajo 1 a examinar el asunto de la medición de la capacidad pesquera, prestando la debida atención a los siguientes elementos: […]
      Work Group 1 is invited to examine the issue of measuring fishing capacity, paying due attention to the following elements: […]

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Cebuano: kapasidad
  • → Tagalog: kapasidad

Further reading

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