capar

v.

to castrate, to geld (animal).

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capar

► verbo transitivo

1 to geld, castrate

2 familiar figurado to curtail

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VT

1) [+ animal] to castrate, geld

2) (fig) to reduce, cut down, curtail

3) Caribe, Méx (Agr) to cut back, prune

4) And, Caribe [+ comida] to start on

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verbo transitivo

1) (castrar) to castrate

2) (Col fam) (esp AmE colloq)

capar clase — to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

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= castrate.

Ex. Seven control and seven treated animals were castrated 56 days after the start of the experiment and the testes were examined histologically.

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verbo transitivo

1) (castrar) to castrate

2) (Col fam) (esp AmE colloq)

capar clase — to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

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= castrate.

Ex: Seven control and seven treated animals were castrated 56 days after the start of the experiment and the testes were examined histologically.

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capar [A1 ]

vt

A (castrar) to castrate

si se enteran, te capan (vulg); if they find out, they'll chop your balls off (vulg)

B (Col fam) (evadirse de) to get out of, skive off (BrE colloq)

los cogieron capando clase they were caught playing hooky (esp AmE) o (BrE) skiving off (school) (colloq)

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capar (conjugate capar) verbo transitivo
1 (castrar) to castrate
2 (Col fam)

◊ capar clase to play hooky(esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

capar verbo transitivo to castrate
'capar' also found in these entries:
English:
hooky
- skive off
- truant

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capar vt

1. [animal] to castrate, to geld;

muy Fam

si se enteran, me capan if they find out, they'll skin me alive o Br have my guts for garters

2. Andes, Carib [podar] to prune

3. Col Fam

capar clase [faltar] to play Br truant o US hookey

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capar

v/t castrate