Caber Expressions

Fitting Spanish Expressions

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The Spanish verb caber has two distinct meanings – "to fit" and "to be possible" – and is also used in a number of common expressions. Learn how to get your share, be presumptuous, not have such luck, and more with this list of expressions with caber.

Caber translations

• to be possible
• to fit
• to have room for

Caber expressions

caber a alguien	el honor el privilegio la responsabilidad de…		to have the honor/privilege/satisfaction of…
caber a alguien	(money)		to get ___ as one's share
caber en			to fit into
caber imaginar			to be able/possible to imagine
caber por			to go/fit through
¿Cabe la posibilidad de que…?			Is it possible that…? Is there a chance that…?
Cabe preguntar si…			You/One might ask if…
no caber a alguien tal suerte			to not have such/the same luck
no caber en sí de	alegría satisfacción		to be beside oneself, bursting with	joy satisfaction
no caber en sí de orgullo			to be bursting with pride to presumptuous, full of oneself
no caber hacerlo			to not have it in oneself to do something
No cabe duda de que…			There's no doubt that…, The only thing for it is to…
No cabe más que	+ infinitive		All we can do is…, The only option is to…
No cabe perdón.			It's inexcusable.
¡No me cabe en la cabeza!			I can't understand!
dentro de lo que cabe			under the circumstances, considering
si cabe			if possible

 Related lesson

• Caber conjugations

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