🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

concebir

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kon.seˈβiɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Conceive/kənˈsiːv/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"No puedo concebir vivir sin música."

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To form or devise a plan or idea in the mind.

    "The architects managed to conceive a revolutionary design for the museum."
  2. 2

    To become pregnant with a child.

    "She was able to conceive after months of fertility treatments."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'concipere', formed from 'com-' (expressing intensive force) and 'capere' (to take, hold). It entered Middle English via Old French 'conceivre' around the 14th century, initially retaining literal senses of taking in or becoming pregnant before expanding to mental conceptualization.

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