Noun: capón
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | capón |
| Plural m | capóns |
Sample Sentences
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It. mando que den .CCC. mrs. porllas almas daquelles a que tomey capon ou gallina ou carne que non pagase. (Also, I order that they shall give 300 maravedis for the souls of those from whom I took capon or hen or meat that I didn't pay for) [1348, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 72:]
Nouns inflected like capón
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese capon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a Vulgar Latin root *cappō, *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō. Compare Portuguese capão and Spanish capón. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
capon', Latin Nouns '
cāpō', Portuguese Nouns '
capão', Spanish Nouns '
capón'.
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