capisce

intj

1. (US, slang)Used by a listener to confirm that they have understood something said to them: I got it, I heard you, I understand.

   “"I have a niece." / "No children?" / "Not married." / "What is the problem?" / "I'm single. No wife, no kids. No problem." / "Capisce." / "Yeah, capisce."”

   “"It’s simple. Here's the rules: One of us says 'Never Have I Ever' and finishes the sentence. If you've done whatever the thing is, you drink. Yeah?" / "Capisce." I salute and he laughs.”

   “"I just want the father to be around. So you have to return home safe. Capisce?" / "Yeah, capisce."”

2. (US, offensive, slang, sometimes)Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

   “It's very simple, George, you forget about this whole licensing lawsuit pipe dream of yours or you can forget about your buddy working in my factory for the next couple of years. I will be that angry. Capiche?”

   “Detective Brodka: Hey kid, one more thing: if you ever set foot in this store again, you'll be spending Christmas in juvenile hall! Capisce? / Bart: [silently stares in confusion] / Brodka: Well, do you understand? / Bart: Everything except "capisce."”

   “You gotta start respecting Johnny, the way you respect me. Capisce?”

   “I mean, if you were coming into the plant for the long haul, God forbid, then you'd have to think seriously about the money. Capiche?”

   “That being said, if you hurt my boy I will introduce you to a whole new realm of pain and suffering. We're talking stuff that would make Heironymous Bosch^([sic – meaning Hieronymous]) shit his britches, capisce?”

verb

1. (US, slang, transitive)To understand (someone or something).

   “"I need at least a B-plus, and no one—I repeat, NO ONE—can know that I didn't write it. This paper is vitally important to my future. Do you capisce what I'm saying to you? Very important." / We grumbled our understanding into the phone. "Yeah, yeah, we capisce," Ellie said.”

   “"Nothing they say would stop me from thinking you're the greatest, smartest, bravest little girl in the whole world. Do you capisce me?" / "I capisce you," she nodded and her big eyes blinked back tears.”

2. (US, intransitive, slang)To understand.

   “"Shoo, shoo, shoo, go help Pierfranco. He'll be bringing up heavy baskets, capisce?" I certainly capisced.”

   “"I'm just saying. Because I don't know if you ladies got a brownshirt vibe off those dudes like I did, but I've got two grandparents who would smack me sideways if I didn't say this. The others died in a concentration camp. Capisce?” / Bronca capisces, nodding slowly in grim agreement. Because, well. She grew up missing a few elders, too—and contemporaries, for that matter.”