abboccare

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Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ bocca (“mouth”) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.bokˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ab‧boc‧cà‧re

Verb

abboccàre (first-person singular present abbócco, first-person singular past historic abboccài, past participle abboccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, rare) to bite or take with the mouth
    il pesce ha abboccato l'esca
    the fish took the bait (with the mouth)
  2. (intransitive, also figurative, by extension) to take the bait
    il pesce abbocca
    the fish takes the bait
    non ci avrei dovuto cascare, ma ho abboccato
    I should not have fallen for it, but I took the bait
  3. (transitive, rare) to fill up (a glass, jar, etc.) to the top
  4. (transitive) to join or connect (tubes, ducts, etc.)
  5. (intransitive) to be joined or connected (of tubes, ducts, etc.)
    i tubi abboccano
    the tubes are connected
  6. (transitive, by extension) to connect two organs (in surgery)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abboccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive abboccàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund abboccàndo
present participle abboccànte past participle abboccàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present abbócco abbócchi abbócca abbocchiàmo abboccàte abbóccano
imperfect abboccàvo abboccàvi abboccàva abboccavàmo abboccavàte abboccàvano
past historic abboccài abboccàsti abboccò abboccàmmo abboccàste abboccàrono
future abboccherò abboccherài abboccherà abboccherémo abboccheréte abboccherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present abboccherèi abboccherésti abboccherèbbe, abboccherébbe abboccherémmo abboccheréste abboccherèbbero, abboccherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present abbócchi abbócchi abbócchi abbocchiàmo abbocchiàte abbócchino
imperfect abboccàssi abboccàssi abboccàsse abboccàssimo abboccàste abboccàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
abbócca abbócchi abbocchiàmo abboccàte abbócchino
negative imperative non abboccàre non abbócchi non abbocchiàmo non abboccàte non abbócchino

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See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia