capir

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]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈpi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kaˈpiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

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

1. to get, understand

• “capir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “capir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “capir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

capir (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of capire

• Capri, Carpi, capri, carpi, carpì

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

capir

1. to understand

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

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

capir

1. (transitive) to understand

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.