capficar

From cap (“head”) +‎ ficar (“to put”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəp.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kap.fiˈkaɾ]

capficar (first-person singular present capfico, first-person singular preterite capfiquí, past participle capficat)

1. (transitive) to insert the end of (something) (into something else)
2. (transitive, agriculture) to hang (a branch of a vine) so as to take root
3. (intransitive, nautical) to pitch (of a ship)
4. (reflexive) to worry

   Synonyms: preocupar-se, amoïnar-se

   No t'hi capfiquis tant! ― Don't worry so much!

• “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, 2025.
• “capficar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007