capficar
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cap (“head”) + ficar (“to put”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]capficar (first-person singular present capfico, first-person singular preterite capfiquí, past participle capficat)
- (transitive) to insert the end of (something) (into something else)
- (transitive, agriculture) to hang (a branch of a vine) so as to take root
- (intransitive, nautical) to pitch (of a ship)
- (reflexive) to worry
- Synonyms: preocupar-se, amoïnar-se
- No t'hi capfiquis tant! ― Don't worry so much!
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of capficar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Further reading
[edit]- “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.