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hubcap

hubcap

See also: hub cap

English

Noun

Wheel and hubcap of 1960s Studebaker car

hubcap ‎(plural hubcaps)

A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel

Synonyms

wheel cover, wheel trim

Translations

decorative disk for wheels

Chinese:
Mandarin: 輪轂罩 (zh), 轮毂罩 (zh) ‎(lúngǔzhào)
Dutch: velg (nl)
Finnish: pölykapseli
French: chapeau de roue (fr) m, enjoliveur (fr) m
German: Radkappe f
Hungarian: dísztárcsa (hu)
Japanese: ホイールキャップ ‎(hoīru kyappu)
Korean: 휠캡 ‎(hwilkaep)

Persian: قالپاق (fa) ‎(qâlpâq)
Polish: kołpak (pl) m
Portuguese: calota
Russian: колпа́к (ru) m ‎(kolpák)
Spanish: copa (es) f (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Northwestern Venezuela, Panama), taza (es) f (Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuelan standard usage), tapabocinas m (Puerto Rico), tapacubos (es) m (Spain), taparruedas m (Chile), tapón m (Mexico), vaso (es) m (Peru)
Swedish: navkapsel (sv) c, hjulsida c, fälgsida c