cabe

Meaning

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
ca‧be
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkabe/
Etymology

A contraction of a cabo de; a deriving from Latin ad, cabo from Latin caput, and de from Latin de.

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caber

  1. (transitive) to fit, enter (to be able to be contained (by something; regardless of whether space or volume remains))
  2. (transitive) to traverse, pass through or across (a way, path, door, hole, opening, mouth, orifice, etc.)
  3. (transitive) to be held or contained (to be held inside (something) or passed through (regardless of whether space or volume remains))
  4. (intransitive,transitive) to have, hold, should be (in certain phrases)
  5. (figuratively,transitive) to be acceptable, accepted, permitted, permissible, allowable, etc.
  6. (archaic) to take
  7. (archaic) to understand
  8. to be possible

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