capponare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kap.poˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cap‧po‧nà‧re

Etymology 1

From cappone + -are.

Verb

capponàre (first-person singular present cappóno, first-person singular past historic capponài, past participle capponàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to castrate (a cockerel), to caponize
    Synonym: accapponare
  2. (transitive) to castrate (in general)
    Synonym: castrare
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From cappone + -are.

Verb

capponàre (first-person singular present cappóno, first-person singular past historic capponài, past participle capponàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, nautical) Alternative form of caponare
Conjugation

Further reading

  • capponare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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