capire

Italian

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Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#CAPIRECategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#CAPIRE capiō (“to take in, understand”), from Proto-ItalicCategory:Italian terms inherited from Proto-Italic#CAPIRECategory:Italian terms derived from Proto-Italic#CAPIRE *kapiō, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Italian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#CAPIRECategory:Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CAPIRE *kh₂pyéti, from the root *kap- (“to seize, grab”). Compare Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese caber (“to fit”), Catalan capir (“to understand”), and German kapieren (“to understand”).

Pronunciation

Verb

capìre (first-person singular present capìscoCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#CAPIRE, first-person singular past historic capìiCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#CAPIRE, past participle capìtoCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#CAPIRE, auxiliary avéreCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#CAPIRE)Category:Italian lemmas#CAPIRECategory:Italian verbs#CAPIRECategory:Italian verbs ending in -ire#CAPIRECategory:Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary#CAPIRECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CAPIRECategory:Pages with entries#CAPIRECategory:Pages with 1 entry#CAPIRE

  1. (ambitransitiveCategory:Italian transitive verbs#CAPIRECategory:Italian intransitive verbs#CAPIRE) to understand [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: comprendere, intendere, afferrare
    Ho capito quello che voleva dire. ― I understood what he meant.Category:Italian terms with usage examples#CAPIRE
    Capisci? ― Do you understand?Category:Italian terms with usage examples#CAPIRE
  2. (rareCategory:Italian terms with rare senses#CAPIRE, intransitiveCategory:Italian intransitive verbs#CAPIRE, figurative) to fit, to be contained [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: entrare, starci
    • né mi potrà più capir nel pensiero ch’in animo celeste possa accendersi desiderio carnale
      nor will it be able to fit in my thoughts any more that carnal desire can be kindled in a heavenly soul
      (T. Tasso)
      Category:Italian terms with quotations#CAPIRE

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