"put horns on" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts horns on [present, singular, third-person], putting horns on [participle, present], put horns on [participle, past], put horns on [past]
Etymology: Compare Russian наста́вить рога́ (nastávitʹ rogá). Etymology templates: {{cog|ru|наста́вить рога́}} Russian наста́вить рога́ (nastávitʹ rogá) Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> horns on}} put horns on (third-person singular simple present puts horns on, present participle putting horns on, simple past and past participle put horns on)
  1. (transitive) To cuckold, to be unfaithful to. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Marriage Synonyms: put the horns on Translations (To cuckold): tehdä aisankannattaja [with-elative] (Finnish), olla uskoton [with-allative] (Finnish), cocufier (French), poñer os cornos (Galician), რქების დადგმა (rkebis dadgma) (Georgian), κερατώνω (keratóno) (Greek), φοράω κέρατα (foráo kérata) (Greek), βάζω κέρατα (vázo kérata) (Greek), cornificare (Italian), mettere le corna (Italian), przyprawiać rogi [imperfective] (Polish), przyprawić rogi [perfective] (Polish), наста́вить рога́ (nastávitʹ rogá) (Russian), poner los cuernos (Spanish), boynuzlamak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "foráo kérata",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To cuckold",
          "word": "cornificare"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "To cuckold",
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          "sense": "To cuckold",
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          "sense": "To cuckold",
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      "word": "tehdä aisankannattaja"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "To cuckold",
      "word": "poñer os cornos"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rkebis dadgma",
      "sense": "To cuckold",
      "word": "რქების დადგმა"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "keratóno",
      "sense": "To cuckold",
      "word": "κερατώνω"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "foráo kérata",
      "sense": "To cuckold",
      "word": "φοράω κέρατα"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vázo kérata",
      "sense": "To cuckold",
      "word": "βάζω κέρατα"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To cuckold",
      "word": "cornificare"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To cuckold",
      "word": "mettere le corna"
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      "sense": "To cuckold",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To cuckold",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "przyprawić rogi"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastávitʹ rogá",
      "sense": "To cuckold",
      "word": "наста́вить рога́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To cuckold",
      "word": "poner los cuernos"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To cuckold",
      "word": "boynuzlamak"
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  "word": "put horns on"
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