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kapotować

//ka.pɔˈtɔ.vat͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to overturn, to nose over (crash by landing such that the nose of the plane hits the ground first, causing the plane to topple forward)
    • Łabicki kapotował podczas przymusowego lądowania raniąc poważnie twarz. Został umieszczony w szpitalu lubelskim.

      Łabicki nosed over during a forced landing seriously injuring his face. He was placed in a Lublin hospital.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French capoter + -ować. Compare Ukrainian капотувати (kapotuvaty).

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