atracar

Uncertain. Perhaps from Italian straccare or from Arabic تَرَقَّى (taraqqā, “to advance”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

atracar (first-person singular present atraco, first-person singular preterite atraquí, past participle atracat)

1. (nautical) to moor, berth

   Synonyms: acostar, atansar

2. (transitive) to hold up, mug
3. (reflexive) to stuff oneself, to cram oneself (de with)

   Synonym: afartar-se

• “atracar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Arabic تَرَقَّى (taraqqā, “to advance”), possibly with the a- prefix.

atracar (first-person singular present atraco, first-person singular preterite atraquei, past participle atracado)

1. (nautical) to moor, berth

• “atracar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “atracar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From Arabic تَرَقَّى (taraqqā, “to advance”), possibly with the a- prefix.

• IPA^(key): /atɾaˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧tra‧car

atracar (first-person singular present atraco, first-person singular preterite atraqué, past participle atracado)

1. to assault
2. (nautical) to berth, moor

   Synonym: amarrar

   • 2023 December 4, Clara Blanchar, Dani Cordero, “Barcelona supera este año los tres millones de cruceristas, y aumentan solo los que hacen escala”, in El País‎:

     Mientras, los que utilizan Barcelona como puerto base (zarpan o atracan en el puerto), aumentan un 6,6% hasta 1,7 millones.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. to rob
4. (Chile, colloquial) to make out (kiss, touch erotically)
5. (Latin America) to harass
6. (Latin America) to beat, bash
7. (Caribbean) to park (a car)
8. (Latin America) to stuff (eat and drink in excess)
9. (Cuba, Costa Rica) to fraud

• → Italian: attraccare

• “atracar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014