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caber

to fit

verb kah-BEHR Less Common

Also means

to have room for

Usage Note

Caber means to fit inside a space (no cabe en la maleta, 'it doesn't fit in the suitcase'). It is highly irregular: first-person present is quepo, and the preterite stem is cup- (cupo, cupiste). The phrase no cabe duda ('there is no doubt') is a fixed expression worth learning early.

Examples

"No caben más libros en la estantería."

Natural Translation

No more books fit on the shelf.

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