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cappare

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From cap (head) +‎ pare (father).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cappare m (plural cappares)

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

Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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
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Etymology 2

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From English to cap.

Verb

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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

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