Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From cap (head) +‎ pare (father).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cappare m (plural cappares)

  1. (botany) a plant's main shoot or tendril

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kapˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cap‧pà‧re

Etymology 1 edit

Perhaps an alteration of capare with the -pp- segment taken from chiappare.

Verb edit

  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

cappàre (first-person singular present càppo, first-person singular past historic cappài, past participle cappàto, auxiliary avére) (obsolete)

  1. to pick, to choose
    Synonym: scegliere
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

From English to cap.

Verb edit

  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

cappàre (first-person singular present càppo, first-person singular past historic cappài, past participle cappàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (slang) to lie

Further reading edit

  • cappare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana