capador

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From capar (“to castrate”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑpaˈðoɾ]

Noun

capador m (plural capadores, feminine capadora, feminine plural capadoras)

1. castrator, gelder
2. whistle

   Synonym: chifre

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “capador”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “capador”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “capador”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “capador”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Un capador de 21 tubos.

Noun

capador m (plural capadores)

1. (music) a type of pan pipe originating from the indigenous people of Colombia

Further reading

• “capador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28