capgirar

Catalan

Etymology

From cap (“head”) +‎ girar (“turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəb.ʒiˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kab.d͡ʒiˈɾaɾ]

Verb

capgirar (first-person singular present capgiro, first-person singular preterite capgirí, past participle capgirat)

1. (transitive) to turn over, to flip

   Synonyms: capbussar, trabocar, invertir

2. (transitive, figurative) to confuse, to upset
3. (transitive, figurative) to get backwards (understand the opposite of what was intended)

   Synonym: tergiversar

4. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) to flip-flop (on), to change one's mind (about)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of capgirar (first conjugation)

infinitive			capgirar
gerund			capgirant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		capgirat		capgirada
		plural		capgirats		capgirades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	capgiro	capgires	capgira	capgirem	capgireu	capgiren
	imperfect	capgirava	capgiraves	capgirava	capgiràvem	capgiràveu	capgiraven
	future	capgiraré	capgiraràs	capgirarà	capgirarem	capgirareu	capgiraran
	preterite	capgirí	capgirares	capgirà	capgiràrem	capgiràreu	capgiraren
	conditional	capgiraria	capgiraries	capgiraria	capgiraríem	capgiraríeu	capgirarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	capgiri	capgiris	capgiri	capgirem	capgireu	capgirin
	imperfect	capgirés	capgiressis	capgirés	capgiréssim	capgiréssiu	capgiressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	capgira	capgiri	capgirem	capgireu	capgirin
	negative (no)	—	no capgiris	no capgiri	no capgirem	no capgireu	no capgirin

Further reading

• “capgirar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.