caber
English
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic cabar (“spar, pole”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ)
Noun
caber (plural cabers)
- A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
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Catalan
Verb
caber
- Alternative form of cabre
Further reading
- “caber” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “caber”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “caber” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “caber” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese caber, from Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, contain”), from Proto-Italic *kapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”).
Verb
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- to fit (in something).
- to hold or contain; to be capable of containing.
- first-person singular personal infinitive of caber
- third-person singular personal infinitive of caber
Conjugation
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, contain”)
Verb
caber
- to fit (in)
Conjugation
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese caber, from Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, contain”), from Proto-Italic *kapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”). Compare Galician caber, Spanish caber, Italian capire (“to understand”) and Romanian încăpea.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ca‧ber
Verb
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- Template:indtr to fit (in something, no matter if space or volume is left)
- Este tamanho não cabe em mim.
- This size doesn't fit me.
- Template:indtr to traverse, pass through or across (a way, path, opening etc. no matter if space is left)
- Template:indtr to hold; to be capable of containing
- Nesse auditório cabem duas mil pessoas.
- That auditorium holds two thousand people.
- Template:indtr to be responsible for; to be up to somebody
- Cabe a você fazer uma escolha.
- It's up to you to make a choice.
- Template:indtr to be allotted to, to be distributed to
- A cada um coube uma pequena parte.
- A small part was distributed to each person.
Conjugation
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Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:caber.
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish caber, from Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, contain”), from Proto-Italic *kapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”). Compare English capture, catch and chase.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (transitive) to fit, enter (to be able to be contained (by something; regardless of whether space or volume remains))
- 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 me.
- (transitive) to traverse, pass through or across (a way, path, door, hole, opening, mouth, orifice, etc.)
- (transitive) to be held or contained (to be held inside (something) or passed through (regardless of whether space or volume remains))
- (transitive) to have, hold
- No os quepa duda...
- Make no mistake about it...
- (transitive, figuratively) to be acceptable, accepted, permitted, permissible, allowable, etc.
- (archaic) to take
- (archaic) to understand
- to be possible
- Cabe eso. ― There is room for it.
Usage notes
- When something or somebody fits into something, in a strict sense, usually an adverb such as justo, justamente, or apenas is added.
- This verb always implies an active sense; i.e., the subject always does the action of this verb, although some translations to English may have a passive form.
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See also
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪbə(ɹ)
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Highland games
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan verbs
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Galician terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Galician irregular verbs
- Occitan terms inherited from Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan verbs
- Occitan third group verbs
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Spanish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish transitive verbs
- Spanish terms with usage examples
- Spanish terms with archaic senses
- Spanish irregular verbs