capão

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈpɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: cāpō

Cognate with Catalan: capó

Cognate with English: capon

Cognate with French: chapon

Cognate with Italian: cappone

Cognate with Spanish: capón

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.

Concepts

gelding

capons

capon

Synonyms

castrado

Translations

ruin

capón

Kapaun

Wallach

wałach

hongre

chapon

kapłon

ديوك مخصية

castrone

capponi

caballo capón

hadım edilmiş hayvan

capo

kapoen