capgirar
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cap (“head”) + girar (“turn”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]capgirar (first-person singular present capgiro, first-person singular preterite capgirí, past participle capgirat)
- (transitive) to turn over, to flip
- (transitive, figurative) to confuse, to upset
- (transitive, figurative) to get backwards (understand the opposite of what was intended)
- Synonym: tergiversar
- (transitive, intransitive, figurative) to flip-flop (on), to change one's mind (about)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of capgirar (first conjugation)
Further reading
[edit]- “capgirar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.