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capiche
Definitions
(Interjection) understand or relateNon-standard Italian-American for "understand," usually spoken in a minatory fashion: parent/child, policeman/criminal, "capo"/"soldier" ... .
(Adjective) understand
Usage: Capiche?
(Noun) Italian. Means do you understand?
Usage: I don't want you to take the car again, capiche?
Non-standard Italian-American for "Do you understand?" ("capo"/"soldier" ...) AND "I understand" ("soldier"/"capo" ... ).
Usage: ("Capische") Seldom heard in Italy itself - where "Slang" might be more appropriate than "Non-standard". Unconjugated; many spellings, one pronunciation: "kahPEECH".
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