cappare

From cap (“head”) +‎ pare (“father”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəpˈpa.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kapˈpa.ɾe]

cappare m (plural cappares)

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

• “cappare” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cappare”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cappare” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cappare” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

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

	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

From English to cap.

	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

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