capçar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capitiare, from Latin capitium (“head covering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəpˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kapˈsaɾ]

Verb

capçar (first-person singular present capço, first-person singular preterite capcí, past participle capçat)(transitive)

1. to reinforce
2. to cap
3. (of clothing) to bind, to hem
4. (of swords) to blunt by affixing a button to the tip

Conjugation

    Conjugation of capçar (first conjugation, ç-c alternation)

infinitive			capçar
gerund			capçant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		capçat		capçada
		plural		capçats		capçades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	capço	capces	capça	capcem	capceu	capcen
	imperfect	capçava	capçaves	capçava	capçàvem	capçàveu	capçaven
	future	capçaré	capçaràs	capçarà	capçarem	capçareu	capçaran
	preterite	capcí	capçares	capçà	capçàrem	capçàreu	capçaren
	conditional	capçaria	capçaries	capçaria	capçaríem	capçaríeu	capçarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	capci	capcis	capci	capcem	capceu	capcin
	imperfect	capcés	capcessis	capcés	capcéssim	capcéssiu	capcessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	capça	capci	capcem	capceu	capcin
	negative (no)	—	no capcis	no capci	no capcem	no capceu	no capcin

Derived terms

• capça

Related terms

• escapçar

Further reading

• “capçar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025