caber

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(Anglais)

(intransitive) to fit (no matter if space or volume is left)
(intransitive) to traverse, pass through or across (a way, path, opening etc. no matter if space is left)
(intransitive) to hold; to be capable of containing
(intransitive) to be responsible for; to be up to somebody
(intransitive) to be allotted, to be distributed

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kaˈbe(ʁ)/

Hérité de latin

Appartenant à galicien

Appartenant à espagnol

Appartenant à italien

Appartenant à roumain

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese caber, from Latin capere (“to take in, contain”), from Proto-Italic *kapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”). Compare Galician caber, Spanish caber, Italian capire (“to understand”) and Romanian încăpea.