No. 2,760 in Catalan
caben
"Caben" means "fit" (third-person plural of the verb "caber").
In a sentence
En aquesta capsa, hi caben molts objectes.
In this box, many objects fit.
Here, 'caben' is used to indicate that something physically fits within another object.
No sé si caben tots a la sala per a la reunió.
I don't know if they all fit in the room for the meeting.
Here, 'caben' expresses the spatial capacity or possibility of a group fitting in a specific place.
Els números no caben en aquest rang especificat.
The numbers do not fit in this specified range.
Here, 'caben' is used metaphorically to suggest that something meets or conforms to specified conditions or limitations.
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