escapçar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excapitiāre, from caput; influenced in form by capitium (source of cabeç).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəpˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kapˈsaɾ]

escapçar (first-person singular present escapço, first-person singular preterite escapcí, past participle escapçat)(transitive)

1. to decapitate, to behead

   Synonym: decapitar

2. to cut the corners off something, to chip, to trim
3. to poll, to pollard
4. (card games) to cut

• capçar

• “escapçar”, 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