capcană

Română · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

capcană

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قپان (kapan, “trap, snare”).

noun capcane · capcană · capcana · capcanele

feminine snare, trap
Similar: laț, cursă

In English

trap trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense
snare trap

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"capcană." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/capcan%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

capcană. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/capcan%C4%83

Chicago

"capcană." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/capcan%C4%83.

BibTeX

@misc{capcana_2026,
  title = {capcană},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/capcan%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}