Etymology[edit]
From kapować (“to understand”) + French vous (“you”, polite second-person pronoun), modeled after French constructions like parlez-vous.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ka.pɛˈvu/
- Rhymes: -ɛvu
- Syllabification: ka‧pe‧wu
Particle[edit]
kapewu
- (slang, dated) got it? understand?
- Synonym: kapiszi
1959, Tadeusz Konwicki, Dziura w niebie[1]:Nie bój się, on twardy, nic mu nie będzie. Swoich żałuj, kapewu?- Don't worry, he's a tough one, he'll be fine. Pity your own, got it?
