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capabil
capable /kapaˈbil/
adjective#1263 most common
Also: able, competent
Example sentences
Ea este capabilă.
She is capable.
Sunt capabil să învăț limba română.
I am capable of learning Romanian.
Cred că ești capabil de multe lucruri.
I think you are capable of many things.
Echipa noastră este capabilă să rezolve această problemă rapid.
Our team is capable of solving this problem quickly.
Doar un lider capabil poate ghida compania prin criză.
Only a capable leader can guide the company through a crisis.
Deși părea neexperimentat, s-a dovedit a fi cel mai capabil dintre toți candidații.
Although he seemed inexperienced, he turned out to be the most capable of all the candidates.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | capabil | capabili |
| Genitive | capabil | capabili |
| Accusative | capabil | capabili |
| Vocative | capabil | capabili |
Word family
Etymology
Capabil entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of the large wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language. It comes from French capable, which in turn derives from Latin capabilis, built on the verb capere, meaning to take or hold. The core sense is someone who can hold or grasp a task, which shifted into the general meaning of being able or competent.
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