See capire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "capiente"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"raw_tags": [
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],
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},
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"raw_tags": [
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],
"word": "capeesh"
},
{
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"raw_tags": [
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],
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},
{
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],
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},
{
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],
"word": "capische"
},
{
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],
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},
{
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"lang_code": "en",
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],
"word": "coppish"
},
{
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],
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}
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"args": {
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"2": "la",
"3": "capiō",
"4": "",
"5": "to take in, understand"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*kapiō"
},
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},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "caber",
"3": "",
"4": "to fit"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "capir",
"3": "",
"4": "to understand"
},
"expansion": "Catalan capir (“to understand”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "kapieren",
"3": "",
"4": "to understand"
},
"expansion": "German kapieren (“to understand”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "avére",
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]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "it-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "capìre",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "avére",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"form": "capèndo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gerund"
]
},
{
"form": "capènte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "capìto",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsco",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsci",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsce",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "capìte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscono",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìvo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìvi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìva",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capivàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capivàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìvano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capì",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirò",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirài",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirà",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirémo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capiréte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirànno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirésti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèbbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirébbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirémmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capiréste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèbbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirébbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsse",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssimo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsci",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capìte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capìte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "irregular",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "it-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "capìre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "avére",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"form": "capèndo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gerund"
]
},
{
"form": "capiènte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present",
"rare"
]
},
{
"form": "capìto",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsco",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsci",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsce",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "capìte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscono",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìvo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìvi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìva",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capivàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capivàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìvano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capì",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìmmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capìste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìrono",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirò",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirài",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirà",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirémo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capiréte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirànno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirésti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèbbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirébbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirémmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capiréste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèbbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirébbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsse",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssimo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsci",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capìte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capìte",
"source": "conjugation",
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26
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"text": "né mi potrà più capir nel pensiero ch’in animo celeste possa accendersi desiderio carnale",
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"rhymes": "-ire"
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"Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Italian terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Italian terms inherited from Latin",
"Italian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Italian terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Italian terms with audio pronunciation",
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"Italian verbs with irregular present participle",
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"Pages with entries",
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"Rhymes:Italian/ire/3 syllables"
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"word": "capiente"
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"lang": "English",
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"lang": "English",
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"borrowed"
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{
"lang": "English",
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"lang": "English",
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{
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{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "to understand"
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "kapieren",
"3": "",
"4": "to understand"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"tags": [
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"present",
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"singular"
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{
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{
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},
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},
{
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"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"form": "capèndo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"gerund"
]
},
{
"form": "capènte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "capìto",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsci",
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"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsce",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "capìte",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìvo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìvi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìva",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capivàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìvano",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsti",
"source": "conjugation",
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capì",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìmmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capìste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìrono",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirò",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirài",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirà",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirémo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capiréte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirànno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirésti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèbbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirébbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirémmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capiréste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèbbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirébbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscano",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssi",
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"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsse",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssimo",
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìste",
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"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"imperative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
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},
{
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"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capìte",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscano",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"negative",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
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"imperative",
"negative",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"imperative",
"negative",
"plural"
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},
{
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"negative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "irregular",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "it-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "capìre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "avére",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"form": "capèndo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gerund"
]
},
{
"form": "capiènte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present",
"rare"
]
},
{
"form": "capìto",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsco",
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"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsci",
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"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsce",
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"tags": [
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "capìte",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscono",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"imperfect",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"imperfect",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural"
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},
{
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"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
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{
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"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
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},
{
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},
{
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"indicative",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
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},
{
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"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìrono",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"historic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirò",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirài",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirà",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirémo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"future",
"indicative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capiréte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirànno",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirésti",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèbbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirébbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirémmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capiréste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirèbbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capirébbero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsse",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssimo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "capìssero",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsci",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capìte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "capìsca",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"negative",
"second-person-semantically",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capiàmo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "capìte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "capìscano",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"imperative",
"negative",
"plural",
"second-person-semantically",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "a/+isc"
},
"expansion": "capìre (first-person singular present capìsco, first-person singular past historic capìi, past participle capìto, auxiliary avére)",
"name": "it-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ca‧pì‧re"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ca‧pì‧re"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "a/+isc"
},
"name": "it-conj"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "a/+isc.presp:capiènterare"
},
"name": "it-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "capace"
},
{
"word": "capibile"
},
{
"word": "capirsi"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Italian intransitive verbs",
"Italian terms with usage examples",
"Italian transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
9
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
0,
12
]
],
"english": "I understood what he meant.",
"text": "Ho capito quello che voleva dire.",
"translation": "I understood what he meant.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
7
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
3,
17
]
],
"english": "Do you understand?",
"text": "Capisci?",
"translation": "Do you understand?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to understand"
],
"links": [
[
"understand",
"understand"
],
[
"avere",
"avere#Italian"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) to understand [auxiliary avere]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "comprendere"
},
{
"word": "intendere"
},
{
"word": "afferrare"
}
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Italian intransitive verbs",
"Italian terms with quotations",
"Italian terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
16,
21
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
23,
26
]
],
"english": "nor will it be able to fit in my thoughts any more that carnal desire can be kindled in a heavenly soul",
"text": "né mi potrà più capir nel pensiero ch’in animo celeste possa accendersi desiderio carnale",
"translation": "nor will it be able to fit in my thoughts any more that carnal desire can be kindled in a heavenly soul",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to fit, to be contained"
],
"links": [
[
"fit",
"fit"
],
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"contain",
"contain"
],
[
"avere",
"avere#Italian"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare, intransitive, figurative) to fit, to be contained [auxiliary avere]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "entrare"
},
{
"word": "starci"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kaˈpi.re/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ire"
}
],
"word": "capire"
}
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