put horns on

English

Alternative forms

• put the horns on

Etymology

Compare Russian наста́вить рога́ (nastávitʹ rogá).

Verb

put horns on (third-person singular simple present puts horns on, present participle putting horns on, simple past and past participle put horns on)

1. (transitive) To cuckold, to be unfaithful to.

Translations

To cuckold

• Finnish: tehdä aisankannattaja (+ elative), olla uskoton (+ allative)
• French: cocufier (fr)
• Galician: poñer os cornos
• Georgian: რქების დადგმა (rkebis dadgma)
• Greek: κερατώνω (el) (keratóno), φοράω κέρατα (foráo kérata), βάζω κέρατα (vázo kérata)
• Italian: cornificare (it), mettere le corna
• Polish: przyprawiać rogi (pl) impf, przyprawić rogi (pl) pf
• Russian: наста́вить рога́ (ru) (nastávitʹ rogá)
• Spanish: poner los cuernos (es)
• Turkish: boynuzlamak (tr)