accattare

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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Anagrams

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Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *accaptāre.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [akkatˈta]
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Verb

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accattare

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

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 822: “vo a comprare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “accattare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

Sardinian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Verb

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accattare (Logudorese)

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

References

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

Tarantino

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Verb

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accattare

  1. to buy or purchase

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