capir

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain; first attested in 1839. Possibly from Italian capire (“to understand”), or perhaps from capissar (itself possibly from cap), and influenced by Italian capire[1].

Pronunciation

Verb

capir (first-person singular present capeixo, past participle capit)

  1. to get, understand

Conjugation
Conjugation of capir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)
infinitive capir
present participle capint
past participle masculine feminine
singular capit capida
plural capits capides
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present capeixo capeixes capeix capim capiu capeixen
imperfect capia capies capia capíem capíeu capien
future capiré capiràs capirà capirem capireu capiran
preterite capí capires capí capírem capíreu capiren
conditional capiria capiries capiria capiríem capiríeu capirien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present capeixi capeixis capeixi capim capiu capeixin
imperfect capís capissis capís capíssim capíssiu capissin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
— capeix capeixi capim capiu capeixin

References
  1. “capir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

Italian

Verb

capir (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of capire

Anagrams

Ladin

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capīre, from Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, understand”).

Verb

capir

  1. to understand

Conjugation
  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of capir (fourth conjugation)
infinitive capir, capì
auxiliary verb avei gerund capian
past participle capì
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie tu el / ela nos vos ei / eles
present cape, capesce capes, capesces cap, capesc capion capieis cap, capesc
imperfect capive capives capiva capivan capivais capiva
future capiré capiras capirà capiron capireis capirà
subjunctive che ie che tu che el / ela che nos che vos che ei / eles
present cape, capesce capes, capesces cape, capesce capion capieis cape, capesce
imperfect capisse capisses capissa capissan capissais capissa
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— cap, capesc — capion capide —

Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capīre, from Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, understand”). Compare Italian capire.

Verb

capir

  1. (transitive) to understand

Conjugation
  • Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of capir (third conjugation)
infinitive capir
auxiliary verb aver gerund capéndo
past participle capìo, capisesto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present capiso (te) capisi (el/ła) capise capimo capì (i/łe) capise
imperfect capìa (te) capivi (el/ła) capìa capìvimo capivi (i/łe) capìa
future capirò (te) capirè (el/ła) capirà capirémo capirè (i/łe) capirà
conditional mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present capirìa (te) capirisi (el/ła) capirìa capirìsimo capirisi (i/łe) capirìa
subjunctive che mi che ti che eło / eła che noialtri / noialtre che voialtri / voialtre che łuri / łore
present capisa (te) capisi (el/ła) capisa capimo capì (i/łe) capisa
imperfect capise (te) capisi (el/ła) capise capisimo capisi (i/łe) capise
imperative — ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
— (te) capisi (el/ła) capisa capimo capì (i/łe) capisa
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