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kapre

1. inflection of kapern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

From the noun kaper; compare with German kapern.

kapre (imperative kapr or kapre, present tense kaprer, passive kapres, simple past and past participle kapra or kapret, present participle kaprende)

1. to hijack, capture, seize

• “kapre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• kapra

From Middle Low German kapern.

• IPA^(key): /²kɑː.prə/

kapre (present tense kaprar, past tense kapra, past participle kapra, passive infinitive kaprast, present participle kaprande, imperative kapre/kapr)

1. to hijack

• “kapre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• kaper, karpe

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish cafre, from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), originally referring to the East African slaves brought by the Portuguese and sold in Manila as "Cafres". See also English kaffir, English Kaffraria.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkapɾe/ [ˈkap.ɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -apɾe
• Syllabification: kap‧re

kapre (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ) (folklore)

1. ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees

• “kapre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78

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