caparra

Italian

Etymology

From capo (“head, principal”) +‎ arra (“deposit”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈpar.ra/

Noun

caparra f (plural caparre)

  1. (law) down payment, deposit, earnest

Descendants
  • → Alemannic German: Kapore
  • → Greek: καπάρο (kapáro)
  • → Occitan: caparra (probably)

Further reading
  • caparra on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
  • caparra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Occitan

Etymology

Likely from Italian caparra

Noun

caparra f (plural caparras)

  1. (law) down payment
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