capficar

Catalan

Etymology

From cap (“head”) +‎ ficar (“to put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəp.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kap.fiˈkaɾ]

Verb

capficar (first-person singular present capfico, first-person singular preterite capfiquí, past participle capficat)

1. (transitive) to insert the end of (something) (into something else)
2. (transitive, agriculture) to hang (a branch of a vine) so as to take root
3. (intransitive, nautical) to pitch (of a ship)
4. (reflexive) to worry

   Synonyms: preocupar-se, amoïnar-se

   No t'hi capfiquis tant! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of capficar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			capficar
gerund			capficant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		capficat		capficada
		plural		capficats		capficades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	capfico	capfiques	capfica	capfiquem	capfiqueu	capfiquen
	imperfect	capficava	capficaves	capficava	capficàvem	capficàveu	capficaven
	future	capficaré	capficaràs	capficarà	capficarem	capficareu	capficaran
	preterite	capfiquí	capficares	capficà	capficàrem	capficàreu	capficaren
	conditional	capficaria	capficaries	capficaria	capficaríem	capficaríeu	capficarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	capfiqui	capfiquis	capfiqui	capfiquem	capfiqueu	capfiquin
	imperfect	capfiqués	capfiquessis	capfiqués	capfiquéssim	capfiquéssiu	capfiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	capfica	capfiqui	capfiquem	capfiqueu	capfiquin
	negative (no)	—	no capfiquis	no capfiqui	no capfiquem	no capfiqueu	no capfiquin

Further reading

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