capotar

Portuguese

Etymology

From capota +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.poˈta(ʁ)/ [ka.poˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ka.poˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.poˈta(ʁ)/ [ka.poˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.poˈta(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.puˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.puˈta.ɾi/

Hyphenation: ca‧po‧tar

Verb

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

to overturn (to turn over, capsize)
O carro capotou.
The car turned over.
(figuratively) to fall asleep suddenly
Capotei enquanto assistia ao filme.
I fell asleep while I was watching the movie.

Conjugation

Conjugation of capotar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	capotar
Personal	capotar	capotares	capotar	capotarmos	capotardes	capotarem
Gerund
	capotando
Past participle
Masculine	capotado			capotados
Feminine	capotada			capotadas
Indicative
Present	capoto	capotas	capota	capotamos	capotais	capotam
Imperfect	capotava	capotavas	capotava	capotávamos	capotáveis	capotavam
Preterite	capotei	capotaste	capotou	capotamos¹, capotámos²	capotastes	capotaram
Pluperfect	capotara	capotaras	capotara	capotáramos	capotáreis	capotaram
Future	capotarei	capotarás	capotará	capotaremos	capotareis	capotarão
Conditional	capotaria	capotarias	capotaria	capotaríamos	capotaríeis	capotariam
Subjunctive
Present	capote	capotes	capote	capotemos	capoteis	capotem
Imperfect	capotasse	capotasses	capotasse	capotássemos	capotásseis	capotassem
Future	capotar	capotares	capotar	capotarmos	capotardes	capotarem
Imperative
Affirmative		capota	capote	capotemos	capotai	capotem
Negative (não)		não capotes	não capote	não capotemos	não capoteis	não capotem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French capoter.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of capotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			capotar
gerund			capotando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		capotado		capotada
		plural		capotados		capotadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	capoto	capotas^{^tú} capotás^{^vos}	capota	capotamos	capotáis	capotan
	imperfect	capotaba	capotabas	capotaba	capotábamos	capotabais	capotaban
	preterite	capoté	capotaste	capotó	capotamos	capotasteis	capotaron
	future	capotaré	capotarás	capotará	capotaremos	capotaréis	capotarán
	conditional	capotaría	capotarías	capotaría	capotaríamos	capotaríais	capotarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	capote	capotes^{^tú} capotés^{^vos²}	capote	capotemos	capotéis	capoten
	imperfect (ra)	capotara	capotaras	capotara	capotáramos	capotarais	capotaran
	imperfect (se)	capotase	capotases	capotase	capotásemos	capotaseis	capotasen
	future¹	capotare	capotares	capotare	capotáremos	capotareis	capotaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		capota^{^tú} capotá^{^vos}	capote	capotemos	capotad	capoten
	negative		no capotes	no capote	no capotemos	no capotéis	no capoten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

“capotar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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