castrar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin castrāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

castrar (first-person singular present castro, first-person singular preterite castrí, past participle castrat)

  1. to castrate
    Synonym: emascular

Conjugation

  • castració

References

  • “castrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin castrāre. Cf. also the doublet crestar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kasˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [kasˈtɾa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kasˈtɾa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʃˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [kaʃˈtɾa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kasˈtɾa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐʃˈtɾaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐʃˈtɾa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: cas‧trar

Verb

castrar (first-person singular present castro, first-person singular preterite castrei, past participle castrado)

  1. to castrate
    Synonym: capar

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin castrāre. It is uncertain whether or not the word was inherited in Spanish; compare the synonym capar, which was more popularly used.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kasˈtɾaɾ/ [kasˈt̪ɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cas‧trar

Verb

castrar (first-person singular present castro, first-person singular preterite castré, past participle castrado)

  1. to castrate, to geld
  2. (figurative) to weaken, neuter; to make less forceful.

Conjugation

See also

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “castrar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin castrāre (compare Italian castrare).

Verb

castrar

  1. (transitive) to castrate

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.