accattare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak.katˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ac‧cat‧tà‧re

Verb

accattàre (first-person singular present accàtto, first-person singular past historic accattài, past participle accattàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to beg (for money, food, etc.)
    Synonyms: mendicare, elemosinare, pitoccare, questuare
  2. (transitive) to beg for
  3. (transitive, derogatory) to go looking for
    Synonym: cercare
    accattare idee altruito look for other people's ideas
    accattare scuseto look for excuses
  4. (transitive) to scrounge or cadge
  5. (transitive, archaic, regional) to buy
    Synonym: comprare
  6. (transitive, archaic, regional) to find, to obtain, to receive, to accrue
    Synonyms: trovare, ottenere, ricevere
  7. (transitive, archaic) to force a loan on (typically in reference to the state)
    Synonyms: trovare, ottenere, ricevere

Conjugation

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accaptāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

accattare

  1. to buy
    M'aggio 'a accattà nu tavuto. - I need to buy myself a coffin.

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweizmap 822: “vo a comprare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “accattare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre (accept, purchase).

Verb

accattare (Logudorese)

  1. (archaic) gain, amass
  2. (archaic) purchase
  3. find

References

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “akkattare”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Tarantino

Verb

accattare

  1. to buy or purchase

Conjugation