cabrahigar

From Latin caper (“goat”) + ficus (“fig”). See English caprifig.

• IPA^(key): /kabɾaiˈɡaɾ/ [ka.β̞ɾai̯ˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧brahi‧gar

cabrahigar (first-person singular present cabrahígo, first-person singular preterite cabrahigué, past participle cabrahigado)

1. to hang strings of figs in the branches of fig trees in the hope that the fruit of these branches would be to be sweeter and tasty

• “cabrahigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024