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accapponare

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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    From a- +‎ cappone (capon) +‎ -are.

    Verb

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    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
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    Etymology 2

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

    Verb

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    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
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    Further reading

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    • 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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