Masculine

capão

Meaning

(masculine) a castrated animal
(masculine) capon (a cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table)

ديوك مخصية

caballo capón

hadım edilmiş hayvan

capo

kapoen

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈpɐ̃w̃/

Inherited from Latin

Cognate with Catalan

Cognate with English

Cognate with French

Cognate with Italian

Cognate with Spanish

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese capon, from a Vulgar Latin root *cappō, *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”). Compare Catalan capó, English capon, French chapon, Italian cappone, Spanish capón.

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