Meaning
shed, hut
- a small, simple building of wood or metal used for storage or shelter
- a rustic hut or blind in the countryside or woods
In a sentence
Mio nonno ripone sempre tutti gli attrezzi da giardino nel capanno.
My grandfather always puts all the garden tools away in the shed.
Abbiamo montato un piccolo capanno di legno in fondo al prato.
We put up a small wooden shed at the bottom of the lawn.
Durante il temporale improvviso abbiamo trovato riparo in un vecchio capanno.
During the sudden thunderstorm we found shelter in an old hut.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| capanno | masculine · singular |
| capanni | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Very often paired with 'degli attrezzi' to mean a garden tool shed.