capçar
Catalan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *capitiare, from Latin capitium (“head covering”).
Pronunciation
Verb
capçar (first-person singular present capço, first-person singular preterite capcí, past participle capçat)(transitive)
- to reinforce
- to cap
- (of clothing) to bind, to hem
- (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
Related terms
Further reading
- “capçar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.