capisce

kəˈpiːʃ

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#1·1d ago

(sometimes, offensive) : did you hear me?, get it?, understood?.

"It’s simple. Here's the rules: One of us says 'Never Have I Ever' and finishes the sentence. If you've done whatever the thing is, you drink. Yeah?" / "Capisce." I salute and he laughs.

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#2·1d ago

: I got it, I heard you, I understand.

"I have a niece." / "No children?" / "Not married." / "What is the problem?" / "I'm single. No wife, no kids. No problem." / "Capisce." / "Yeah, capisce."

Origin: from the spoken equivalents of either of the following: * , the form; or * capisci (possibly with the final dropped or reduced in informal speech), the singular present indicative form; of capire, from , the of capiō, ultimately from. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·1d ago

(transitive) To understand (someone or something).

"I need at least a B-plus, and no one—I repeat, NO ONE—can know that I didn't write it. This paper is vitally important to my future. Do you capisce what I'm saying to you? Very important." / We grumbled our understanding into the phone.…

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