capiscar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.pisˈka(ʁ)/ [ka.pisˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ka.pisˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ka.piʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ka.piʃˈka(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ka.pisˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.piʃˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.piʃˈka.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ca‧pis‧car
Verb
capiscar (first-person singular present capisco, first-person singular preterite capisquei, past participle capiscado)
- (transitive) to catch on (to discover other people's tricks)
Conjugation
Conjugation of capiscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “capiscar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “capiscar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “capiscar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026