accapponare

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Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From a- +‎ cappone (capon) +‎ -are.

Verb

accapponàre (first-person singular present accappóno, first-person singular past historic accapponài, past participle accapponàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to caponize, to castrate (a cockerel)
    Synonym: capponare
  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, nautical) to cat (hoist an anchor onto the cathead)
    Synonym: caponare
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From a- +‎ cappone +‎ -are, from a variant of capone (large tackle for hoisting the anchor).

Verb

accapponàre (first-person singular present accappóno, first-person singular past historic accapponài, past participle accapponàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, nautical) to cat (an anchor) (to hoist an anchor onto the cathead)
    Synonyms: caponare, capponare
Conjugation

Further reading

  • accapponare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • accapponare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • accapponàre1 in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • accapponàre2 in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • accapponare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

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