capire
- (ambitransitive) to understand
- (figuratively, intransitive, rare) to fit, to be contained
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ca‧pì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈpi.re/
Etymology
From Latin capiō (“to take in, understand”), from Proto-Italic *kapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”). Compare Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese caber (“to fit”), Catalan capir (“to understand”), and German kapieren (“to understand”).
Related words
see clearly
vederci chiaro
afferrare il significato
accorgersi di
concludere che
fare le somme
prendere una decisione
venire a sapere
venire a conoscenza
dare un senso
prendere coscienza
araccap’zzà
annasa’
còjece
incaja’
rozumieć
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