caber.
to fit (no matter if space or volume is left)
Meaning & usage
to fit (no matter if space or volume is left)
Este tamanho não cabe em mim.
to traverse, pass through or across (a way, path, opening etc. no matter if space is left)
to hold; to be capable of containing
Nesse auditório cabem duas mil pessoas.
to be responsible for; to be up to somebody
Cabe a você fazer uma escolha.
to be allotted, to be distributed
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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