capoter
Meanings
Verb
1. to overturn (of a boat, car etc.) (intransitive)
2. to derail (intransitive)
3. to fail (figurative, intransitive, figuratively)
4. to flounder (intransitive, Quebec)
5. to freak out, to lose it (intransitive, Quebec, colloquial)
Examples5
faire capoter un plan
to make a plan fail
Ai-je fait capoter vos projets ?
Did I ruin your plans?
Ai-je fait capoter tes projets ?
Did I ruin your plans?
Les négociations ont capoté.
The negotiations fell through.
À Berlin, les pourparlers en vue de la formation d'une coalition ont capoté.
The coalition talks in Berlin fell through.