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capter

to understand, to get, to pick up, to receive, to capture

k a p . t e
capt to understand, to get + er Infinitive
verb Rare #32,881
to understand, to get Colloquial when it means “understand.”
FR: J'essaie de capter cette explication.
EN: I'm trying to understand this explanation.
to pick up, to receive Used for receiving a signal.
FR: Mon téléphone doit capter le réseau ici.
EN: My phone needs to pick up the network here.
to capture Can also mean to attract or seize, as in capturing attention or a market.
FR: Cette image peut capter toute mon attention.
EN: This image can capture all my attention.
Conjugation of capter
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Continuez à capter.

Keep capturing.

— Star Trek IV : Retour sur Terre (1986)

Essayons de capter le mouvement.

Let's try to capture the movement.

— Salyut-7 (2017)

Elle ne va pas capter ce qui lui arrive.

She won't realize what's happening to her.

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Il me fallait capter l'attention de tout le monde.

I had to capture everyone’s attention.

C'est difficile à capter au début.

It's difficult to grasp at first.

J'arrive pas à capter tous les trucs des livres, alors que je kiffe.

I can’t grasp everything in books, even though I love them.

— La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2 (2013)

C'est insuffisant pour que votre appareil puisse capter sa rotation.

That’s not enough for your device to detect its rotation.

— Salyut-7 (2017)

Sur l'île d'Ogasawara on ne peut capter que la NHK.

On Ogasawara Island, you can only pick up NHK.

J'ai beaucoup de mal à capter Radio Paris aujourd'hui.

I'm having a really hard time picking up Radio Paris today.

— Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)

J'ai essayé de capter votre attention.

I tried to get your attention.

Nous voulons capter ce marché.

We want to capture this market.