Moving day! Fitting the couch in your car on moving day can be a big accomplishment…

What is the infinitive form of «cupo«?

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…es un verbo irregular…

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…en el pretérito …

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¡CABER!

Do you know why caber is in the preterite in this example?

Like we said, fitting the couch in the car was an accomplishment. 

Accomplishing a goal, like fitting a couch in your car (regardless of the consequences!), is a completed action. The action is complete, mission accomplished!

Acción completada = pretérito