caber
Translations
- to fit
An irregular verb that means to fit or to be contained within a space.
Conjugation
Conditional
| yo | cabría |
| tú | cabrías |
| él/ella | cabría |
| nosotros | cabríamos |
| vosotros | cabríais |
| ellos/as | cabrían |
Conditional Perfect
| yo | habría cabe |
| tú | habrías cabe |
| él/ella | habría cabe |
| nosotros | habríamos cabe |
| vosotros | habríais cabe |
| ellos/as | habrían cabe |
Future
| yo | cabré |
| tú | cabrás |
| él/ella | cabrá |
| nosotros | cabramos |
| vosotros | cabréis |
| ellos/as | cabrán |
Future Perfect
| yo | habré cabe |
| tú | habrás cabe |
| él/ella | habrá cabe |
| nosotros | habremos cabe |
| vosotros | habréis cabe |
| ellos/as | habrán cabe |
Imperfect
| yo | cabía |
| tú | cabías |
| él/ella | cabía |
| nosotros | cabíamos |
| vosotros | cabíais |
| ellos/as | cabían |
Pluperfect
| yo | había cabe |
| tú | habías cabe |
| él/ella | había cabe |
| nosotros | habíamos cabe |
| vosotros | habíais cabe |
| ellos/as | habían cabe |
Present
| yo | cabo |
| tú | cabes |
| él/ella | cabe |
| nosotros | cabemos |
| vosotros | cabéis |
| ellos/as | caben |
Present Perfect
| yo | he cabe |
| tú | has cabe |
| él/ella | ha cabe |
| nosotros | hemos cabe |
| vosotros | habéis cabe |
| ellos/as | han cabe |
Preterite
| yo | cupe |
| tú | cupiste |
| él/ella | cupo |
| nosotros | cupimos |
| vosotros | cupisteis |
| ellos/as | cupieron |
Example Sentences
I don't know if this box fits in the car's trunk, but I will try.
I had to dislocate the furniture so that it could fit in the new house.
I need to stuff the suitcase so that everything I bought on the trip fits.
I decided to fold the letter again so it could fit in the envelope.
The couch is so bulky that it barely fits in the living room.
The swordfish we caught yesterday was so large that it barely fit in the boat.
I decided to double back the letter so that it would fit better in the envelope I had chosen.
The shack they lived in was so small that hardly the furniture fit.
The gorge we went through during the excursion was so narrow that the bus barely fit.
The hallway was so narrow that barely one person could fit at a time.
That bunch of stuff you bought doesn't fit in the house.
The small fish that my grandfather caught was so tiny that it barely fit in my hand.
It is necessary to cube the space to know how many pieces of furniture fit.