قابَلَ : ( qa~bala) means met ( past tense ) قابِلْ: ( qabil) means "meet! " ( imperative form) the difference betwwen the both first words is the "tashkeel" --> ( َ ُ ِ ْ ) which are like mini vowels :) يُقابِلُ : ( yuqa~bilu) means "he is meeting " أُقابِلٌ: (u-qa~bilu) means " I'm meeting" سَأٌقابِل بَعْضَ الأَصْدِقاء ( sa-uqabilu baadal-asdiqa') I'm going to meet some friends (I'll meet some friends) Hope I could help :)

قابل is mostly used in the meaning of (interview) for meeting friends we often use إلتقى eltaqaa ...the noun derived from it is لقاء with الــ it is اللقاء الى اللقاء !!

sure you can use it in casual

قابل it's mean (meet) (i'm going to meet my friend)=ساقابل صديقي

to make it easy to understand , i will butthe verb "قابل " in the sentence , e.g " i will going to meet some friends" as the example we can say in arabic " ساذهب لمقابلة بعض الاصدقاء " , hope that you get the meaning