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capire
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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin capiō (“to take in, understand”), from Proto-Italic *kapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“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 capìsco, first-person singular past historic capìi, past participle capìto, auxiliary avére)
- (ambitransitive) to understand [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: comprendere, intendere, afferrare
- Ho capito quello che voleva dire. ― I understood what he meant.
- Capisci? ― Do you understand?
- (rare, intransitive, figurative) to fit, to be contained [auxiliary avere]
- 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)
Conjugation
Including lesser-used forms:
1Rare.
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