Nancy is a capable nurse.
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Capable
//ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl//
Synonyms for "capable" (65 found)
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1 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 48 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- Aftë adj (able and efficient)
Arabic
2 entries- قادِر adj (able and efficient)
- قَادِر adj (able and efficient)
Aromanian
1 entries- putut adj (able and efficient)
Basque
1 entries- gai adj (able and efficient)
Belarusian
1 entries- здо́льны adj (able and efficient)
Bengali
1 entries- সক্ষম adj (able and efficient)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кадъ́рен adj (able and efficient)
- спосо́бен adj (able and efficient)
Burmese
1 entries- စွမ်း adj (able and efficient)
Catalan
1 entries- capaç adj (able and efficient)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 有能力 adj (able and efficient)
- 能幹 /能干 adj (able and efficient)
Czech
2 entries- schopný adj (able and efficient)
- zdatný adj (able and efficient)
Dutch
1 entries- bekwaam adj (able and efficient)
Esperanto
1 entries- kapabla adj (able and efficient)
Finnish
2 entries- kykenevä adj (able and efficient)
- kyvykäs adj (able and efficient)
French
1 entries- capable adj (able and efficient)
German
1 entries- fähig adj (able and efficient)
Greek
1 entries- ικανός adj (able and efficient)
Hindi
1 entries- सक्षम adj (able and efficient)
Ido
1 entries- kapabla adj (able and efficient)
Interlingua
1 entries- capabile adj (able and efficient)
Irish
1 entries- cumasach adj (able and efficient)
Italian
1 entries- capace adj (able and efficient)
Japanese
1 entries- 有能な adj (able and efficient)
Kaurna
1 entries- wayanta adj (able and efficient)
Khmer
1 entries- ជំនាញ adj (able and efficient)
Korean
1 entries- 유능하다 adj (able and efficient)
Ladino
3 entries- kadir adj (able and efficient)
- kapache adj (able and efficient)
- kapachi (Monastir) adj (able and efficient)
Latin
1 entries- potis adj (able and efficient)
Latvian
1 entries- spējīgs adj (able and efficient)
Macedonian
1 entries- способен adj (able and efficient)
Manx
1 entries- jargal adj (able and efficient)
Norman
1 entries- habil'ye adj (able and efficient)
Polish
2 entries- stać adj (able and efficient)
- zdolny adj (able and efficient)
Portuguese
1 entries- capaz adj (able and efficient)
Quechua
1 entries- kuti adj (able and efficient)
Romanian
1 entries- capabil adj (able and efficient)
Russian
1 entries- спосо́бный adj (able and efficient)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- comasach adj (able and efficient)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- spȍsoban adj (able and efficient)
- спо̏собан adj (able and efficient)
Slovak
2 entries- schopný adj (able and efficient)
- zdatný adj (able and efficient)
Slovene
1 entries- zmožen adj (able and efficient)
Spanish
1 entries- capaz adj (able and efficient)
Swedish
1 entries- kapabel adj (able and efficient)
Tocharian B
1 entries- cämpamo adj (able and efficient)
Turkish
2 entries- kapasitede adj (able and efficient)
- kapasiteli adj (able and efficient)
Ukrainian
3 entries- зда́тний adj (able and efficient)
- зді́бний adj (able and efficient)
- спромо́жний adj (able and efficient)
Urdu
1 entries- قابل adj (able and efficient)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿעיִק adj (able and efficient)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The chimpanzee is an intelligent creature, capable of solving simple problems.
Source: tatoeba (39936)
I never thought he was capable of doing something so cruel.
Source: tatoeba (41370)
The airplane is capable of supersonic speeds.
Source: tatoeba (44352)
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