# capar
## Asturian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈpaɾ/ [kaˈpaɾ]

### Verb

capar (first-person singular indicative present capo, past participle capáu)
* to castrate, neuter
    Synonym: castriar
* to extract honey from a beehive
* to sew quickly and badly

#### Derived terms

* capar l'agua

## Catalan
### Etymology

First attested in 1803; probably derived regressively from capó.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kəˈpa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kaˈpaɾ]

### Verb

capar (first-person singular present capo, first-person singular preterite capí, past participle capat)
* to castrate
    Synonym: castrar

#### Related terms

* capó

#### Further reading

* “capar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capar (13th century), from Vulgar Latin *cappāre, derivative of *cappō, from Latin cāpō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kaˈpaɾ]

### Verb

capar (first-person singular present capo, first-person singular preterite capei, past participle capado)
* to castrate
    Synonym: castrar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* mentres se capa non se asubía

### References

* 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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

capar m
* indefinite plural of cape

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capar, from Vulgar Latin *cappāre, derivative of *cappō, from Latin cāpō.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈpa(ʁ)/ [kaˈpa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈpa(ʁ)/ [kaˈpa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kaˈpa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kaˈpa(ʁ)/ [kaˈpa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaˈpa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈpaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈpaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈpa.ɾi/

### Verb

capar (first-person singular present capo, first-person singular preterite capei, past participle capado)
* (informal) to castrate (to remove the testicles of)
    Synonym: castrar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* capão

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: kapater, capater (obsolete)
** Afrikaans: kapater

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈpaɾ/ [kaˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ca‧par

### Verb

capar (first-person singular present capo, first-person singular preterite capé, past participle capado)
* to castrate
    Synonyms: castrar, emascular
* to cut off

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* capón

#### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10
* “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