caber

Meaning

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

Concepts

fit

be suitable

don

fall out

get into

go

put on

suit

wear

be appropriate

assume

be contained

Synonyms

cair

colocar

escapar

pôr

servir

tocar

trazer

usar

vestir

Translations

passen

passen

نَاسَبَ

uymak

caber

cabre

vestir

لبِس

fallen ''aus

portar

''fiel

''fiel heraus

herausfallen ''aus + D''

von + D''

vestir-se

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈbe(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: capiō

Cognate with Galician: caber

Cognate with Spanish: caber

Cognate with Italian: capire

Cognate with Romanian: încăpea

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.