# capisce

> English word · Interjection · IPA /kəˈpiːʃ/

## Definitions
1. Used by a listener to confirm that they have understood something said to them: I got it, I heard you, I understand.
2. Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from the spoken Neapolitan and Sicilian equivalents of either of the following:
* Italian capisce (literally “he, she, etc., understands”), the third-person singular present indicative form; or
* capisci (literally “you understand”) (possibly with the final vowel dropped or reduced in informal speech), the second-person singular present indicative form;
of capire (“to understand”), from Latin capere, the present active infinitive of capiō (“to capture, catch, seize; to comprehend, understand; etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to grab, seize; to hold”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/capisce