capador

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From capar (“to castrate”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑpaˈðoɾ]

Noun

capador m (plural capadores, feminine capadora, feminine plural capadoras)

1. castrator, gelder
2. whistle

   Synonym: chifre

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “capador”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “capador” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “capador” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “capador” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Un capador de 21 tubos.

Noun

capador m (plural capadores)

1. (music) a type of pan pipe originating from the indigenous people of Colombia

Further reading

• “capador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014