capgirar

From cap (“head”) +‎ girar (“turn”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəb.ʒiˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kab.d͡ʒiˈɾaɾ]

capgirar (first-person singular present capgiro, first-person singular preterite capgirí, past participle capgirat)

1. (transitive) to turn over, to flip

   Synonyms: capbussar, trabocar, invertir

2. (transitive, figurative) to confuse, to upset
3. (transitive, figurative) to get backwards (understand the opposite of what was intended)

   Synonym: tergiversar

4. (ambitransitive, figurative) to flip-flop (on), to change one's mind (about)

• “capgirar”, 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