heypolyglot
Italian

capacitare

/ka.patʃiˈta.re/verbC1
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Meaning

to come to terms with

  • to accept, understand, or come to terms with something (almost always pronominal 'capacitarsi')
  • to convince or persuade someone of something (transitive, formal)

In a sentence

Non riesco a capacitarmi di questa decisione improvvisa.

I cannot wrap my head around this sudden decision.

Ancora non mi capacito di come sia potuto accadere un errore simile.

I still can't fathom how such an error could have happened.

Nessuno in ufficio si capacitava di quel licenziamento inaspettato.

Nobody in the office could make sense of that unexpected dismissal.

Word forms (48)
WordWord forms
capacitareinfinitive
capacitoindicative · present · singular · 1st person
capacitiindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
capacitaindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
capacitiamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
capacitateindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
capacitanoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
capacitavoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
capacitaviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
capacitavaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
capacitavamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
capacitavateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
capacitavanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
capacitaiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
capacitastiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
capacitòindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
capacitammoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
capacitasteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
capacitaronoindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
capaciteròindicative · future · singular · 1st person
capaciteraiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
capaciteràindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
capaciteremoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
capacitereteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
capaciterannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
capacitisubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
capacitisubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
capacitisubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
capacitiamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
capacitiatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
capacitinosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
capacitassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
capacitassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
capacitassesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
capacitassimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
capacitastesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
capacitasserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
capacitereiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
capaciteresticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
capaciterebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
capaciteremmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
capaciteresteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
capaciterebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
capacitaimperative · singular · 2nd person
capacitiamoimperative · plural · 1st person
capacitateimperative · plural · 2nd person
capacitandogerund
capacitatopast · participle

Usage notes

  • Almost always used reflexively ('capacitarsi') with the preposition 'di', especially in negative sentences like 'non mi capacito'.

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