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caber.

to fit (no matter if space or volume is left)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/kaˈbe(ʁ)/Brazil[kaˈbe(h)]Brazil/kaˈbe(ɾ)/São-Paulo/kaˈbe(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to fit (no matter if space or volume is left)

    intransitive
    Este tamanho não cabe em mim.
  2. to traverse, pass through or across (a way, path, opening etc. no matter if space is left)

    intransitive
  3. to hold; to be capable of containing

    intransitive
    Nesse auditório cabem duas mil pessoas.
  4. to be responsible for; to be up to somebody

    intransitive
    Cabe a você fazer uma escolha.
  5. to be allotted, to be distributed

    intransitive
    A cada um coube uma pequena parte.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese caber, from Latin capere (“to take in, contain”), from Proto-Italic *kapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *kap- (“to seize, grab”). Compare Galician caber, Spanish caber, Italian capire (“to understand”) and Romanian încăpea.

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