escalfar-se el cap

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Etymology

Literally, "to overheat one's head".

Verb

escalfar-se el cap (first-person singular present m'escalfo el cap, first-person singular preterite m'escalfí el cap, past participle escalfat el cap)

  1. (pronominal) to rack one's brains
    Per molt que s'escalfava el cap no trobava la solució.
    However much he racked his brains he didn't find the solution.

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