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- interjection slang "Get it?"; "Understand?".
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Examples
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I love the cakes, and I love that you spelled "capisce" correctly.
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Somebody tell Clinton that she is not a dog and Obama is not a lamp-post! capisce?
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As for your capisce and comprendo bullshit, take a hike.
Report: Clinton Campaign May Try To Peel Away Obama's Pledged Delegates 2009
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P.S. Chiaro che ogni persona ragionevole capisce che questo è parte del piano di Google per la conquista del mondo.
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And Marc Cherry, if you ever get between me and my beer again -- I'm going nuclear on your a$$, capisce?
An excuse to have a picture of Eva.... Ben Barren 2005
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“Bob (Sean Bury) ha un appuntamento con Betty (Marie Lively) forse la prima donna, dopo sua madre, che davvero lo capisce e lo apprezza in pieno.”
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Sono italiano Americano via mi nonni, tutti quattro, capisce?
The pain that comes with denying same-sex union/marriage protections and benefits 2005
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Where did a Salt Lake Fed with a name like Zuschnitt pick up capisce?
The Lions of Lucerne Brad Thor 2002
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It's like when you give a present to someone who means the damn world to you ... it "matters" and "means" only as much as; it "matters" or "means" to the person your giving it too ... capisce?
ugotsoul Diary Entry ugotsoul 2002
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"Listen," Con told him, "we're not here to bust your balls. _capisce? _"
Red Dog Buchanan, James David 1979
cydonian commented on the word capisce
Wikitionary:
Etymology
From Italian capisce, third person present tense form of capire "to understand", from Latin capere "to grasp, seize". Related to capture.
September 7, 2007
uselessness commented on the word capisce
Too bad nobody knows how to spell it, capeesh?
September 7, 2007
reesetee commented on the word capisce
Nuh-uh. In my Italian family, it's "cabeesh." Dialect, you know. :-)
September 7, 2007