capar

See also: çapar and çəpər

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cappāre, derivative of *cappō, from Latin cāpō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpaɾ/ [kaˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧par

Verb

capar (first-person singular indicative present capo, past participle capáu)

1. to castrate, neuter

   Synonym: castriar

2. to extract honey from a beehive
3. to sew quickly and badly

Conjugation

Conjugation of capar

infinitive		capar
gerund		capando
past participle		m capáu, f capada, n capao, m pl capaos, f pl capaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	capo	capes	capa	capamos	capáis	capen
	imperfect	capaba	capabes	capaba	capábemos, capábamos	capabeis, capabais	capaben
	preterite	capé	capasti, capesti	capó	capemos	capastis, capestis	caparon
	pluperfect	capare, capara	capares, caparas	capare, capara	capáremos, capáramos	capareis, caparais	caparen, caparan
	future	caparé	caparás	capará	caparemos	caparéis	caparán
	conditional	caparía	caparíes	caparía	caparíemos, caparíamos	caparíeis, caparíais	caparíen
subjunctive	present	cape	capes, capas	cape	capemos	capéis	capen, capan
	imperfect	capare, capara	capares, caparas	capare, capara	capáremos, capáramos	capareis, caparais	caparen, caparan
imperative		—	capa	—	—	capái	—

Derived terms

• capar l'agua

Catalan

Etymology

First attested in 1803; probably derived regressively from capó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈpaɾ]

Verb

capar (first-person singular present capo, first-person singular preterite capí, past participle capat)

1. to castrate

   Synonym: castrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of capar (first conjugation)

infinitive			capar
gerund			capant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		capat		capada
		plural		capats		capades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	capo	capes	capa	capem	capeu	capen
	imperfect	capava	capaves	capava	capàvem	capàveu	capaven
	future	caparé	caparàs	caparà	caparem	capareu	caparan
	preterite	capí	capares	capà	capàrem	capàreu	caparen
	conditional	caparia	caparies	caparia	caparíem	caparíeu	caparien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	capi	capis	capi	capem	capeu	capin
	imperfect	capés	capessis	capés	capéssim	capéssiu	capessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	capa	capi	capem	capeu	capin
	negative (no)	—	no capis	no capi	no capem	no capeu	no capin

Related terms

• capó

Further reading

• “capar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capar (13th century), from Vulgar Latin *cappāre, derivative of *cappō, from Latin cāpō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈpaɾ]

Verb

capar (first-person singular present capo, first-person singular preterite capei, past participle capado)

1. to castrate

   Synonym: castrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of capar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	capar
Personal	capar	capares	capar	caparmos	capardes	caparen
Gerund
	capando
Past participle
Masculine	capado			capados
Feminine	capada			capadas
Indicative
Present	capo	capas	capa	capamos	capades	capan
Imperfect	capaba	capabas	capaba	capabamos	capabades	capaban
Preterite	capei	capaches	capou	capamos	capastes	caparon
Pluperfect	capara	caparas	capara	caparamos	caparades	caparan
Future	caparei	caparás	capará	caparemos	caparedes	caparán
Conditional	caparía	caparías	caparía	capariamos	capariades	caparían
Subjunctive
Present	cape	capes	cape	capemos	capedes	capen
Imperfect	capase	capases	capase	capásemos	capásedes	capasen
Future	capar	capares	capar	caparmos	capardes	caparen
Imperative
Affirmative		capa	cape	capemos	capade	capen
Negative (non)		non capes	non cape	non capemos	non capedes	non capen

    Reintegrated conjugation of capar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	capar
Personal	capar	capares	capar	caparmos	capardes	caparem
Gerund
	capando
Past participle
Masculine	capado			capados
Feminine	capada			capadas
Indicative
Present	capo	capas	capa	capamos	capades, capais	capam
Imperfect	capava	capavas	capava	capávamos	capávades, capáveis, capávais1	capavam
Preterite	capei	capaste, capache1	capou	capamos	capastes	capárom, caparam
Pluperfect	capara	caparas	capara	capáramos	capárades, capáreis, capárais1	caparam
Future	caparei	caparás	capará	caparemos	caparedes, capareis	caparám, caparão
Conditional	caparia	caparias	caparia	caparíamos	caparíades, caparíeis, caparíais1	capariam
Subjunctive
Present	cape	capes	cape	capemos	capedes, capeis	capem
Imperfect	capasse	capasses	capasse	capássemos	capássedes, capásseis	capassem
Future	capar	capares	capar	caparmos	capardes	caparem
Imperative
Affirmative		capa	cape	capemos	capade, capai	capem
Negative (nom)		nom capes	nom cape	nom capemos	nom capedes, nom capeis	nom capem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• mentres se capa non se asubía

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “capar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “capar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “capar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “capar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “capar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “capar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “capar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

capar m

1. indefinite plural of cape

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capar, from Vulgar Latin *cappāre, derivative of *cappō, from Latin cāpō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpa(ʁ)/ [kaˈpa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈpa(ʁ)/ [kaˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈpa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈpa(ʁ)/ [kaˈpa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kaˈpa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpa.ɾi/

Verb

capar (first-person singular present capo, first-person singular preterite capei, past participle capado)

1. (informal) to castrate (to remove the testicles of)

   Synonym: castrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of capar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	capar
Personal	capar	capares	capar	caparmos	capardes	caparem
Gerund
	capando
Past participle
Masculine	capado			capados
Feminine	capada			capadas
Indicative
Present	capo	capas	capa	capamos	capais	capam
Imperfect	capava	capavas	capava	capávamos	capáveis	capavam
Preterite	capei	capaste	capou	capamos1, capámos2	capastes	caparam
Pluperfect	capara	caparas	capara	capáramos	capáreis	caparam
Future	caparei	caparás	capará	caparemos	capareis	caparão
Conditional	caparia	caparias	caparia	caparíamos	caparíeis	capariam
Subjunctive
Present	cape	capes	cape	capemos	capeis	capem
Imperfect	capasse	capasses	capasse	capássemos	capásseis	capassem
Future	capar	capares	capar	caparmos	capardes	caparem
Imperative
Affirmative		capa	cape	capemos	capai	capem
Negative (não)		não capes	não cape	não capemos	não capeis	não capem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• capão

Descendants

• → Dutch: kapater, capater (obsolete)
  • Afrikaans: kapater

Further reading

• “capar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “capar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cappāre, derivative of *cappō, from Latin cāpō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpaɾ/ [kaˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧par

Verb

capar (first-person singular present capo, first-person singular preterite capé, past participle capado)

1. to castrate

   Synonyms: castrar, emascular

2. to cut off

Conjugation

    Conjugation of capar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			capar
gerund			capando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		capado		capada
		plural		capados		capadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	capo	capastú capásvos	capa	capamos	capáis	capan
	imperfect	capaba	capabas	capaba	capábamos	capabais	capaban
	preterite	capé	capaste	capó	capamos	capasteis	caparon
	future	caparé	caparás	capará	caparemos	caparéis	caparán
	conditional	caparía	caparías	caparía	caparíamos	caparíais	caparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cape	capestú capésvos2	cape	capemos	capéis	capen
	imperfect (ra)	capara	caparas	capara	capáramos	caparais	caparan
	imperfect (se)	capase	capases	capase	capásemos	capaseis	capasen
	future1	capare	capares	capare	capáremos	capareis	caparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		capatú capávos	cape	capemos	capad	capen
	negative		no capes	no cape	no capemos	no capéis	no capen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of capar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive capar	dative	caparme	caparte	caparle, caparse	caparnos	caparos	caparles, caparse
	accusative	caparme	caparte	caparlo, caparla, caparse	caparnos	caparos	caparlos, caparlas, caparse
with gerund capando	dative	capándome	capándote	capándole, capándose	capándonos	capándoos	capándoles, capándose
	accusative	capándome	capándote	capándolo, capándola, capándose	capándonos	capándoos	capándolos, capándolas, capándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative capa	dative	cápame	cápate	cápale	cápanos	not used	cápales
	accusative	cápame	cápate	cápalo, cápala	cápanos	not used	cápalos, cápalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative capá	dative	capame	capate	capale	capanos	not used	capales
	accusative	capame	capate	capalo, capala	capanos	not used	capalos, capalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cape	dative	cápeme	not used	cápele, cápese	cápenos	not used	cápeles
	accusative	cápeme	not used	cápelo, cápela, cápese	cápenos	not used	cápelos, cápelas
with first-person plural imperative capemos	dative	not used	capémoste	capémosle	capémonos	capémoos	capémosles
	accusative	not used	capémoste	capémoslo, capémosla	capémonos	capémoos	capémoslos, capémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative capad	dative	capadme	not used	capadle	capadnos	capaos	capadles
	accusative	capadme	not used	capadlo, capadla	capadnos	capaos	capadlos, capadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative capen	dative	cápenme	not used	cápenle	cápennos	not used	cápenles, cápense
	accusative	cápenme	not used	cápenlo, cápenla	cápennos	not used	cápenlos, cápenlas, cápense

Related terms

• capón

Further reading

• “capar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “capar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010