încăpea

== Romanian == === Etymology === From a Vulgar Latin root *incapēre, from Latin capere. Alternatively, the prefix în- may have been added in early Romanian. Compare Aromanian ncap, Spanish and Portuguese caber. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɨn.kəˈpe̯a/ Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: în‧că‧pea === Verb === a încăpea (third-person singular present încape, past participle încăput, third-person subjunctive încapă) 2nd conjugation (intransitive) to fit (have enough room) (transitive, now chiefly of clothes) to fit someone (be large enough) (intransitive, chiefly in the negative, now most often of doubt) to be admitted in the context of human intercourse (intransitive, obsolete) to end up, find oneself Synonyms: ajunge, nimeri (copulative, obsolete) to ascend to a function (intransitive, obsolete, by ellipsis) to become ruler (intransitive, obsolete or regional, often in the negative) to live peacefully within a collective or with someone (intransitive, obsolete) to establish one’s rule as a foreign invader ==== Usage notes ==== In sense 3, the verb always precedes its subject. Sense 4 is never copulative, but always takes an indirect (prepositional) object. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== încăpător încăpea pe mâna încăpere încăpea vorbă nu își încăpea în piele === References === “încăpea”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026