accapponare

Meaning

1. (transitive) to caponize, to castrate (a cockerel)
2. (transitive) to remove the ovary from (a hen) (to cause rapid fattening)
3. (intransitive) to get goosebumps/goosepimples
4. (intransitive) to crawl, to get the creeps (of one's skin, etc.)
5. (transitive) to cat (hoist an anchor onto the cathead)

Concepts

caponize

caponise

Synonyms

capponare

Translations

capar un gallo

kapaunen

kapaunisieren

capar

chaponner

capar

Junghähne kappen

Hyphenated as

ac‧cap‧po‧nà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ak.kap.poˈna.re/

Etymology

From a- + cappone (“capon”) + -are.