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capire.

to understand

6 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/kaˈpi.re/
  1. to understand

    ambitransitive
    Ho capito quello che voleva dire.
    Capisci?
  2. to fit, to be contained

    figuratively · intransitive · rare
    né mi potrà più capir nel pensiero ch’in animo celeste possa accendersi desiderio carnale
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Italian capire Inherited from Latin capiō (“to take in, understand”), from Proto-Italic *kapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *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”).

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