capotar

Borrowed from French capoter (“overturn”).

capotar (first-person singular present capoto, first-person singular preterite capotí, past participle capotat)

1. (intransitive) to overturn
   • 1975, Marià Manent, La vel de Maia:

     Tot d'una, va veure's que un avió capotava i queia al mar amb gran estrèpit.

     All of a sudden a plane was seen overturning and falling into the sea with a loud noise.

• capotatge

• “capotar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

From capota +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: ca‧po‧tar

capotar (first-person singular present capoto, first-person singular preterite capotei, past participle capotado)

1. to overturn (to turn over, capsize)

   O carro capotou.

   The car turned over.

2. (figuratively) to fall asleep suddenly

   Capotei enquanto assistia ao filme.

   I fell asleep while I was watching the movie.

• “capotar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “capotar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French capoter.

• IPA^(key): /kapoˈtaɾ/ [ka.poˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧po‧tar

capotar (first-person singular present capoto, first-person singular preterite capoté, past participle capotado)

1. (aeronautics) to nose (have the nose hit the ground)

• “capotar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025