castrate

English

Etymology

From Latin castrātus, past participle of castrō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkæs.tɹeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"k{s.treIt/

Verb

castrate (third-person singular simple present castrates, present participle castrating, simple past and past participle castrated)

1. (transitive) To remove the testicles of.
2. (transitive) To remove the ovaries of.

Derived terms

• castrator
• castratrix

Synonyms

• emasculate
• geld (used only of animals, especially horses)
• spay f / neuter (used only of animals, especially pets)
• sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)

Translations

remove the testicles of

• Arabic: خصى (ar) (xáṣā)
• Bulgarian: скопявам (bg) (skopjavam), кастрирам (bg) (kastriram)
• Catalan: castrar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閹割 (cmn), 阉割 (cmn) (yāngē), 去勢 (cmn), 去势 (cmn) (qùshì)

• Czech: kastrovat (cs)
• Dutch: castreren (nl)
• Ewe: ta
• Finnish: kuohia (fi), kastroida (fi)
• French: châtrer (fr)
• German: kastrieren (de)
• Greek: ευνουχίζω (el) (evnouchízo) 
• Hebrew: סירס (he) (serés)
• Hungarian: kasztrál (hu), kiherél (hu)

• Italian: castrare (it)
• Japanese: 去勢する (ja) (きょせいする, kyosei-suru)
• Korean: 거세하다 (ko) (geose-hada) (去勢 (ko) + 하다 (ko))
• Malay: kembiri (ms), kasi (ms)
• Polish: kastrować (pl)
• Romanian: castra (ro)
• Russian: кастрировать (ru) (kastrírovat’)  impf./pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: spoth (gd)
• Spanish: capar (es)
• Swedish: snöpa (sv), kastrera (sv), gälla (sv)
• Turkish: kısırlaştırmak (tr), hadım etmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: thiến (vi)
• Volapük: negenükön (vo)
• West Frisian: lobje (fy)

Anagrams

• rascetta
• tea carts

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Italian

Verb

castrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of castrare
2. second-person plural imperative of castrare
3. Feminine plural of castrato

Anagrams

• crestata
• scartate
• scattare
• scatterà
• trescata

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Latin

Noun

castrāte

1. vocative singular of castrātus