capire

Definitions of capire
  1. verb
    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
    synonyms: comprendere, intendere
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    afferrare, imbracciare, pigliare
    get the meaning of something
    conoscere, sapere
    make sense of a language
    intendere, interpretare, leggere
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
    leccare, sbrogliare, sgombrare, spicciare
    find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
    infiltrarsi, penetrare, profondarsi
    come to understand
    allignare, attecchire
    understand, usually after some initial difficulty
    assimilare, digerire, ingozzare, smaltire, sopportare, tollerare, trangugiare
    arrange and integrate in the mind
    allucinare, confondersi, fraintendere
    interpret in the wrong way
    spiritualizzare
    give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
    intendere, interpretare, leggere
    interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
    leggere
    interpret something that is written or printed
    leggere
    obtain data from magnetic tapes
    risolvere, scomporre
    understand the meaning of
    argomentare, inferire
    guess correctly; solve by guessing
  2. verb
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
    synonyms: intendere, interpretare, leggere
    collocare, considerare, contare, giudicare, guardare a, reputare, ritenere, stimare, tenere, trovare, valutare, vedere
    deem to be
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    allucinare, confondersi, fraintendere
    interpret in the wrong way
    spiritualizzare
    give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
    intendere, interpretare, leggere
    interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
    leggere
    interpret something that is written or printed
    leggere
    obtain data from magnetic tapes
    anagrammare
    read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning
    rileggere
    read anew; read again
    decifrare, decodificare, interpretare, intravedere
    read with difficulty
    type of:
    comprendere, intendere
    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
  3. verb
    interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
    synonyms: intendere, interpretare, leggere
    leggere
    interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
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    intendere, interpretare, leggere
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  4. verb
    perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
    synonyms: accorgersi, intravedere, intuire, vedere
    auspicare, figurarsi, intravedere, preannunziare, preconizzare, predire, presagire, prevedere, pronosticare, vedere, visualizzare
    imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
  5. verb
    be understanding of
    synonyms: comprendere, concepire
  6. verb
    make sense of a language
    synonyms: conoscere, sapere
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    type of:
    comprendere, intendere
    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
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