accapare

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See also: accaparé

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (CAN) (file)
Homophones: accaparent, accapares

Verb[edit]

accapare

inflection of accaparer:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Neapolitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

accapà (alt. spelling)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish acabar, adapted in Neapolitan to a- +‎ capo +‎ -are. First attested in 1479.

Verb[edit]

accapare

to finish, complete

References[edit]

Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 18^[1]
Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “accapare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

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