caber
Portuguese
/kɐ.ˈβeɾ/, /ka.ˈbe(ʁ)/
verb
Definitions
- to fit in something, no matter if space or volume is left
- to traverse, pass through or across a way, path, opening etc. no matter if space is left
- to hold; to be capable of containing
- to be responsible for; to be up to somebody
- to be allot to, to be distribute to
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese caber inherited from Latin capere (capture, seize, take) inherited from Proto-Italic *kapiō derived from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kh₂pyéti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *capīre Latin
- capere Latin
- capio Latin
- capio, capere Latin
- capulum Latin
- capibile Italian
- capire Italian
- caber Spanish, Castilian
- cabida Spanish, Castilian
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pyéti Proto-Indo-European
- cabível Portuguese
- *habjaną Proto-Germanic
- cabre Catalan, Valencian
- capir Catalan, Valencian
- caber Galician
- încăpea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- încăpere Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- caber Old Portuguese
- caber Occitan
- caupre Occitan
- *kapiō Proto-Italic
- caber Old Spanish