capador

Attested since the 14th century. From capar (“to castrate”) +‎ -dor.

• IPA^(key): /kapaˈdoɾ/ [kɑ.paˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: ca‧pa‧dor

capador m (plural capadores, feminine capadora, feminine plural capadoras)

1. castrator, gelder

   Synonym: castrador

2. whistle

   Synonym: chifre

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “capador”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “capador”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “capador”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “capador”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “capador”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “capador” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• IPA^(key): /kapaˈdoɾ/ [ka.paˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧pa‧dor

capador m (plural capadores, feminine capadora, feminine plural capadoras)

1. castrator, gelder

   Synonym: castrador

2. (music) a type of pan pipe originating from the indigenous people of Colombia

   Synonym: castrapuercos

• “capador”, 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