caponera
caponera
∗caponera [cah-po-nay’-rah]
noun
1Coop, inclosure to fatten poultry. (f)
2Place where one lives well at other people’s expense. (Colloquial & Metaphorical) (f)
3Caponier, a passage under a dry moat to the outworks. (Military)
- Estar metido en caponera -> to be locked up in jail
4
verb
5YEGUA CAPONERA 5.
(Met. and Coll.) A Jail. Stew-pan for oressing fowls.
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