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caber.

to fit, enter (to be able to be contained (by something; regardless of whether space or volume remains))

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/kaˈbeɾ/[kaˈβ̞eɾ]
  1. to fit, enter (to be able to be contained (by something; regardless of whether space or volume remains))

    transitive
    Quise tomar prestados los pantalones de mi hermana pequeña, pero no me cabían.
  2. to traverse, pass through or across (a way, path, door, hole, opening, mouth, orifice, etc.)

    transitive
  3. to be held or contained (to be held inside (something) or passed through (regardless of whether space or volume remains))

    transitive
  4. to have, hold, should be (in certain phrases)

    intransitive · transitive
    No os quepa duda...
    Cabe señalar que...
  5. to be acceptable, accepted, permitted, permissible, allowable, etc.

    figuratively · transitive
  6. to take

    archaic
  7. to understand

    archaic
  8. to be possible

    Cabe eso.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish caber, from Latin capiō, capere (“take, hold, contain”), from Proto-Italic *kapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *kap- (“to seize, grab”). Compare English have, capture, catch and chase. See also Spanish cazar, cachar. The 1st person singular of the present reflects an original */ˈkai̯po/, through metathesis from Latin capiō (compare Portuguese caibo). Similarly the preterite continues */ˈkau̯pi/, metathesis of a Vulgar Latin perfect stem *capuī (compare Portuguese coube).

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