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

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

kapre (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. (folklore) 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