caber

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scottish Gaelic cabar (“spar, pole”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• acerb, brace, cabre, cabré

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Catalan

Verb

caber

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of cabre

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Galician

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, contain”)

Verb

1. to fit (in something).
2. to hold or contain; to be capable of containing.
3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person singular personal infinitive of caber
4. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third-person singular personal infinitive of caber

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• caupre

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, contain”)

Verb

caber

1. to fit (in)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin capere, present active infinitive of capiō (“I take in, contain”). Compare Galician caber, Spanish caber.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ka.beʁ/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /kɐ.βeɾ/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: ca‧ber

Verb

1. 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.

2. Template:indtr to traverse, pass through or across (a way, path, opening etc. no matter if space is left)
3. Template:indtr to hold; to be capable of containing

   Nesse auditório cabem duas mil pessoas.

   That auditorium holds two thousand people.

4. 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.

5. 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.

Quotations

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) For quotations using this term, see Citations:caber.

Synonyms

• (to pass through): passar
• (to be responsible for): competir, pertencer
• (to fall to): calhar

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [käˈβe̞ɾ]

Verb

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 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.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• cabida
• capacidad
• captar

See also

• ajustar