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French
Pronunciation
Verb
accapare
- inflection of accaparer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Neapolitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish acabar, adapted in Neapolitan to a- + capo + -are. First attested in 1479.
Verb
accapare
- to finish, complete
References
- Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 18
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “accapare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano