dable

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Old Spanish dar

Spanish dar

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish dable

From dar + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdable/ [ˈd̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: da‧ble

Adjective

dable m or f (masculine and feminine plural dables)

1. possible

   Synonym: posible

   • 1889, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, chapter V, in Manual de histología normal y técnica micrográfica, Valencia: Librería de Pascual Aguilar, page 43:

     Sin embargo, aún en caso tan difícil, es dable obtener éxitos tolerables.

     However, even in such a difficult case, it's possible to get tolerable success.

2. feasible

Further reading

• “dable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026