caber

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ)

Noun

caber (plural cabers)

1. A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.

Derived terms

• caber toss

Translations

a long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games

• Scottish Gaelic: cabar (gd)

Anagrams

• acerb, brace, cabre, cabré

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Catalan

Verb

caber

1. Alternative form of cabre.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, contain”)

Verb

caber (first-person sg present caibo, first-person sg preterite couben, past participle cabido)

1. To fit (in something).
2. To hold or contain; to be capable of containing.
3. first-person singular personal infinitive of caber
4. third-person singular personal infinitive of caber

Conjugation

    Conjugation of caber (irregular)

infinitive			caber
gerund			cabendo
past participle			cabido
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
	present	caibo	cabes	cabe	cabemos	cabedes	caben
	imperfect	cabía	cabías	cabía	cabiamos	cabiades	cabían
	preterite	couben	coubeches	coubo	coubemos	coubestes	couberon
	pluperfect	coubera	couberas	coubera	couberamos	couberades	couberan
	future	caberei	caberás	caberá	caberemos	caberedes	caberán
	conditional	cabería	caberías	cabería	caberiamos	caberiades	caberían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
	present	caiba	caibas	caiba	caibamos	caibades	caiban
	preterite	coubese	coubeses	coubese	coubésemos	coubésedes	coubesen
	future	couber	couberes	couber	coubermos	couberdes	couberen
imperative		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		—	cabe	—	—	cabede	—
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		caber	caberes	caber	cabermos	caberdes	caberen

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, contain”)

Verb

caber

1. to fit (in)

Conjugation

This Occitan verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, contain”).

Verb

caber (first-person singular present indicative caibo, past participle cabido)

1. (of clothing) to fit (to be of a size so as to cover the body leaving relatively little space between the clothing and the body)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb caber

Notes:

• This is an irregular verb of the -er group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: caber.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	caber
Personal	caber	caberes	caber	cabermos	caberdes	caberem
Gerund
	cabendo
Past participle
Masculine	cabido			cabidos
Feminine	cabida			cabidas
Indicative
Present	caibo	cabes	cabe	cabemos	cabeis	cabem
Imperfect	cabia	cabias	cabia	cabíamos	cabíeis	cabiam
Preterite	coube	coubeste	coube	coubemos	coubestes	couberam
Pluperfect	coubera	couberas	coubera	coubéramos	coubéreis	couberam
Future	caberei	caberás	caberá	caberemos	cabereis	caberão
Conditional	caberia	caberias	caberia	caberíamos	caberíeis	caberiam
Subjunctive
Present	caiba	caibas	caiba	caibamos	caibais	caibam
Imperfect	coubesse	coubesses	coubesse	coubéssemos	coubésseis	coubessem
Future	couber	couberes	couber	coubermos	couberdes	couberem
Imperative
Affirmative	caiba	cabe	caiba	caibamos	cabei	caibam
Negative (não)	caiba	caibas	caiba	caibamos	caibais	caibam

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, contain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyé-, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [käˈβe̞ɾ]

Verb

caber (first-person singular present quepo, first-person singular preterite cupe, past participle cabido)

1. (transitive) To fit, enter (in something, no matter if space or volume is left)

   Quise tomar prestados los pantalones de mi hermana pequeña, pero no me cabían.-I wanted to borrow my little sister's trousers, but they didn't fit.

2. (transitive) To traverse, pass through or across (a way, path, door, hole, opening, mouth, orifice, etc., no matter if space is left)
3. (transitive) To be held or contained; to be capable of being contained (in something) or passed through (no matter if space or volume is left)
4. (transitive) to have, hold

   No os quepa duda...

   Make no mistake about it...

5. (transitive, figuratively) To be acceptable, accepted, permitted, permissible, allowable, etc.

Usage notes

• When something or somebody fits, in strict sense, into something, usually adverb justo, justamente or apenas is added.
• Always implies an active sense, i.d., subject always practices the action of this verb, in spite of some translations to English have a passive form.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of caber (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			caber
gerund			cabiendo
past participle			cabido
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	quepo	cabes	cabe	cabemos	cabéis	caben
	imperfect	cabía	cabías	cabía	cabíamos	cabíais	cabían
	preterite	cupe	cupiste	cupo	cupimos	cupisteis	cupieron
	future	cabré	cabrás	cabrá	cabremos	cabréis	cabrán
	conditional	cabría	cabrías	cabría	cabríamos	cabríais	cabrían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	quepa	quepas	quepa	quepamos	quepáis	quepan
	imperfect (ra)	cupiera	cupieras	cupiera	cupiéramos	cupierais	cupieran
	imperfect (se)	cupiese	cupieses	cupiese	cupiésemos	cupieseis	cupiesen
	future	cupiere	cupieres	cupiere	cupiéremos	cupiereis	cupieren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		cabe	quepa	quepamos	cabed	quepan
	negative		no quepas	no quepa	no quepamos	no quepáis	no quepan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation caber)

Synonyms

• (fit, enter): entrar
• (traverse, pass): pasar
• (be accepted): tener cabida

Related terms

• cabida
• capacidad
• captar

See also

• ajustar