capar

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

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

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

1. to castrate, neuter

   Synonym: castriar

2. to extract honey from a beehive
3. to sew quickly and badly

• capar l'agua

First attested in 1803; probably derived regressively from capó.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈpaɾ]

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

1. to castrate

   Synonym: castrar

• capó

• “capar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Old Galician-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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “capar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “capar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “capar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “capar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “capar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “capar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “capar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

capar m

1. indefinite plural of cape

From Old Galician-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, capater (obsolete)
  • Afrikaans: kapater

Inherited 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

• “capar”, 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
• “capar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010