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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "pee" (as in "pea") + "ROH" (as in "row") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

From old Spanish: the capirote was the conical hat the Inquisition put on people accused of ignorance. In Colombia, it describes someone who is slow to understand what everyone else already figured out a while ago.

Examples

Do not be so clueless. They explained how it works to you three times already.

The clueless one on the team sent the report to the client before reviewing it.

Regional synonyms

A thick blanket for protection against the cold in Argentina, Chile, and Peru. The southern blanket that wraps you up when the temperature drops suddenly and you don't want to leave bed for anything in the world.