castrar

v.

1 to castrate (animal, persona).

2 to sap, to impair.

3 to prune.

4 to undermine, to debilitate, to devitalize.

5 to spay.

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castrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (capar) to castrate

2 (podar) to prune

3 (las colmenas) to uncap

4 figurado (debilitar) to mutilate

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VT

1) (Zool) [+ toro] to castrate; [+ caballo] to geld; [+ gato] to doctor

2) (Bot) to prune, cut back

3) (=debilitar) to impair, weaken

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verbo transitivo <caballo> to geld; <toro/hombre> to castrate; <gato> to neuter

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= neuter, castrate, sterilise [sterilize, -USA].

Ex. There are those, not usually librarians, who believe the library is so neutral as to be neutered, whereas others see it as not neutral enough.

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

Ex. Rwanda denies plan to forcibly sterilise people with learning difficulties.

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verbo transitivo <caballo> to geld; <toro/hombre> to castrate; <gato> to neuter

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= neuter, castrate, sterilise [sterilize, -USA].

Ex: There are those, not usually librarians, who believe the library is so neutral as to be neutered, whereas others see it as not neutral enough.

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

Ex: Rwanda denies plan to forcibly sterilise people with learning difficulties.

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castrar [A1 ]

vt

‹caballo› to geld; ‹toro/hombre› to castrate; ‹gato› to neuter, doctor (euph); ‹gata› to spay, doctor (euph)

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castrar (conjugate castrar) verbo transitivo ‹caballo› to geld;
‹toro/hombre› to castrate;
‹gato› to neuter
castrar verbo transitivo to castrate
'castrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
capar
English:
castrate
- emasculate
- neuter

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castrar vt

1. [persona] to castrate;

[animal] to castrate, to geld; [gato] to neuter

2. [debilitar] to sap, to impair

3. [anular] to weaken, to impair

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castrar

v/t castrate; fig

emasculate

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castrar vt

1) : to castrate, to spay, to neuter, to geld

2) debilitar: to weaken, to debilitate