cappare

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Etymology

From cap (“head”) +‎ pare (“father”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cappare m (plural cappares)

  1. (botany) a plant's main shoot or tendril

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kapˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cap‧pà‧re

Etymology 1

Perhaps an alteration of capare with the -pp- segment taken from chiappare.

Verb

This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

cappàre (first-person singular present càppo, first-person singular past historic cappài, past participle cappàto, auxiliary avére) (obsolete)

  1. to pick, to choose
    Synonym: scegliere
Conjugation
    Conjugation of cappàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive cappàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund cappàndo
present participle cappànte past participle cappàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present càppo càppi càppa cappiàmo cappàte càppano
imperfect cappàvo cappàvi cappàva cappavàmo cappavàte cappàvano
past historic cappài cappàsti cappò cappàmmo cappàste cappàrono
future capperò capperài capperà capperémo capperéte capperànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present capperèi capperésti capperèbbe, capperébbe capperémmo capperéste capperèbbero, capperébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present càppi càppi càppi cappiàmo cappiàte càppino
imperfect cappàssi cappàssi cappàsse cappàssimo cappàste cappàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
càppa càppi cappiàmo cappàte càppino
negative imperative non cappàre non càppi non cappiàmo non cappàte non càppino

Etymology 2

From English to cap.

Verb

This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

cappàre (first-person singular present càppo, first-person singular past historic cappài, past participle cappàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (slang) to lie

Further reading

  • cappare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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