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Meaning of kap | Babel Free

Verb CEFR A2

Definitions

  1. kap (aorist kapa, participle kapur)
    active
  2. to grab, grip (someone or something)
    intransitive
  3. (you) catch (an object or feelings)
    second-person
  4. to seize, keep, hold (something, someone); to take or occupy (land, position)
  5. to find, surprise (a person in a situation, act)
  6. to possess, overwhelm, scare (by a feeling, illness, demon)
    figuratively, third-person
  7. to understand, see, hear immediately (a problem, issue, mission, task)
  8. to reach (to); meet (someone or something that walks in front)
  9. to start, begin (work, job, path)
    figuratively, intransitive
  10. to tan, warm up (by the sun); to capture (by wind; military service)
    third-person
  11. to determine, constitute; to reach, cost (a high sum)
    third-person
  12. to tie, bind, braid (hair)
  13. to snatch, pull off (hat, wig)
    figuratively

Examples

“Kape për flokësh!”

Grab her/him by the hair!

“E ka kap dielli.”

The sun had captured her/him. (meaning “He/she's got a sunburn/tan.”)

“E rreh dielli ujët.”

The sun warms up (beats up) the water(s).

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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