capón

  • 21Capon — This is a surname of French origins, which has entered England at least twice in its long history. It is probably occupational and derives from the French caponier , describing a game dealer or equivalent. Although often regarded as a Huguenot… …

    Surnames reference

  • 22capón — capón1 (Del lat. vulg. *cappo, por capo, ōnis). 1. adj. Dicho de un hombre o de un animal: castrado. U. t. c. s.) 2. m. Pollo que se castra cuando es pequeño, y se ceba para comerlo. 3. Haz de sarmientos. 4. Mar. Cadena o cabo grueso, firme en la …

    Diccionario de la lengua española

  • 23capon — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English capūn, probably from Old French capon, chapun, from Latin capon , capo; akin to Lithuanian kapoti to mince, Greek koptein to cut Date: before 12th century a castrated male chicken …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24capón — neskl. pril. (ọ̑) obrt., v zvezi capon lak v acetonu raztopljen celuloid: medeninaste svetilke polirajo in prevlečejo s capon lakom …

    Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

  • 25capón — {{#}}{{LM C07131}}{{〓}} {{SynC07296}} {{[}}capón{{]}} ‹ca·pón› {{《}}▍ adj./s.m.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} {{♂}}Referido a un hombre o a un animal,{{♀}} que han sido castrados. {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} {{<}}2{{>}} Pollo que se castra cuando es pequeño y que se… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 26Capon — A capon is a rooster whose reproductive organs were removed at a young age. Typically, the castration is performed when the chicken is between 6 and 20 weeks old.The benefits are a non aggressive male that can serve as a father for baby chicks.… …

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  • 27capon — /kay pon, peuhn/, n. a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food. [bef. 1000; ME; OE capun < L capon (s. of capo) castrated cock; akin to Gk kóptein to cut, OCS skopiti to castrate] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 28capón — s m 1 Macho, especialmente bovino, ovino o cabrio, al que se le han quitado los testículos; castrado, capado 2 Capón de gallina Pollo castrado 3 Maguey al que se le ha cortado el cogollo para estimular la producción del aguamiel 4 Plato compuesto …

    Español en México

  • 29capon — [OE] Capon, a ‘castrated male chicken’, is probably literally a ‘cut cockerel’. The word comes via Anglo Norman capun from Latin capō, which is probably ultimately derived from a word for ‘cut’ – Greek kóptein, for example – the underlying&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 30capon — [[t]ke͟ɪpən[/t]] capons N COUNT A capon is a male chicken that has had its sex organs removed and has been specially fattened up to be eaten …

    English dictionary