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concepire

to conceive

verb kon-cheh-PEE-reh Less Common
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Origin: From Latin concipere (to take in, conceive).

Also means

to imagine, to devise

Usage Note

Concepire takes avere as auxiliary and covers both biological conception and intellectual creation — concepire un'idea (to come up with an idea), concepire un piano. The past participle is concepito. It is more formal and literary than immaginare in the figurative sense.

Examples

"Non riesco a concepire una soluzione migliore."

Natural Translation

I cannot conceive of a better solution.

Literal Translation

Not I-manage to conceive a solution better.

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