capar

First attested 1803; probably derived regressively from capó.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kəˈpa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kaˈpaɾ/

capar (first-person singular present capo, past participle capat)

1. to castrate

• castrar

• capó

• “capar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese capar (13th century), from Vulgar Latin *cappāre, derivative of *cappō, from Latin cāpō.

• IPA^(key): [kaˈpaɾ]

capar (first-person singular present capo, first-person singular preterite capei, past participle capado)

1. to castrate

   Synonym: castrar

• mentres se capa non se asubía

• “capar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “capar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “capar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “capar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “capar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

capar m

1. indefinite plural of cape

From Old Portuguese capar, from Vulgar Latin *cappāre, derivative of *cappō, from Latin cāpō.

capar (first-person singular present capo, first-person singular preterite capei, past participle capado)

1. (informal) to castrate (to remove the testicles of)

   Synonym: castrar

• capão

• Dutch: kapater
  • Afrikaans: kapater

From Vulgar Latin *cappāre, derivative of *cappō, from Latin cāpō.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpaɾ/ [kaˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧par

capar (first-person singular present capo, first-person singular preterite capé, past participle capado)

1. to castrate

   Synonyms: castrar, emascular

2. to cut off

• capón

• “capar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014