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capisce

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Informal: "understand?" or "got it?" — used to check someone has understood, often with a hint of warning.

"You don't talk about this to anyone, capisce?"

How to Use Capisce

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAn informal Italian-derived way of asking "understand?" — often heard in mob-movie dialogue.

When to use it

Very informal and stereotypically associated with Italian-American gangster speech; use knowingly, not in serious writing.

capisced past tense, capisces singular

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You don't talk about this to anyone, _____?

Borrowed from Neapolitan and Sicilian Italian, from capire ("to understand"), from Latin capere ("to grasp, seize, comprehend").

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