beccare

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word beccare. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word beccare, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say beccare in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word beccare you have here. The definition of the word beccare will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofbeccare, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Italian

Etymology

From becco (“beak, bill”) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bekˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: bec‧cà‧re

Verb

beccàre (first-person singular present bécco, first-person singular past historic beccài, past participle beccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to peck
    Synonym: colpire
  2. (transitive) to peck up (to pick up with the beck, in order to eat; of a bird)
  3. (transitive, by extension, humorous) to eat
    Synonym: mangiare
  4. (transitive, by extension) (of an insect, etc.) to sting or bite
    Synonym: pungere
  5. (transitive) to provoke
    Synonyms: provocare, punzecchiare
  6. (transitive) to heckle
    la folla ha continuamente beccato l'esecutore
    the crowd continually heckled the performer
  7. (figurative, informal, transitive) to nab, to catch
    Non farti beccare. ― Don't get caught.
  8. (figurative, transitive) to get, pick up
    Synonyms: ottenere, acquistare, strappare
    beccare un tre in matematica ― to get an F in math (class)
  9. (intransitive, informal) to lose (fail to win)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of beccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive beccàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund beccàndo
present participle beccànte past participle beccàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present bécco bécchi bécca becchiàmo beccàte béccano
imperfect beccàvo beccàvi beccàva beccavàmo beccavàte beccàvano
past historic beccài beccàsti beccò beccàmmo beccàste beccàrono
future beccherò beccherài beccherà beccherémo beccheréte beccherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present beccherèi beccherésti beccherèbbe, beccherébbe beccherémmo beccheréste beccherèbbero, beccherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present bécchi bécchi bécchi becchiàmo becchiàte bécchino
imperfect beccàssi beccàssi beccàsse beccàssimo beccàste beccàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
bécca bécchi becchiàmo beccàte bécchino
negative imperative non beccàre non bécchi non becchiàmo non beccàte non bécchino

Derived terms

Anagrams

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia