accattare

Italian

Etymology

From a merger of Vulgar Latin *accaptāre (“to take, accept”), *accattāre (“to watch, heed”) and *accapitāre (“to grab, catch”).

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 altrui ― to look for other people's ideas

   accattare scuse ― to 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

    Conjugation of accattàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	accattàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		accattàndo
present participle		accattànte	past participle		accattàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	accàtto	accàtti	accàtta	accattiàmo	accattàte	accàttano
imperfect	accattàvo	accattàvi	accattàva	accattavàmo	accattavàte	accattàvano
past historic	accattài	accattàsti	accattò	accattàmmo	accattàste	accattàrono
future	accatterò	accatterài	accatterà	accatterémo	accatteréte	accatterànno
conditional	accatterèi	accatterésti	accatterèbbe, accatterébbe	accatterémmo	accatteréste	accatterèbbero, accatterébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	accàtti	accàtti	accàtti	accattiàmo	accattiàte	accàttino
imperfect	accattàssi	accattàssi	accattàsse	accattàssimo	accattàste	accattàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		accàtta	accàtti	accattiàmo	accattàte	accàttino
negative imperative		non accattàre	non accàtti	non accattiàmo	non accattàte	non accàttino

Related terms

• accattabrighe
• accattamento
• accattapane
• accattatore
• accattatozzi
• accatto
• accattone

Anagrams

• accatterà, accertata, attaccare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• accattà (alt. spelling)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accaptāre.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [akkatˈta]

  • Audio:

    (file)

Verb

accattare

1. to buy

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

References

• 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^[1]

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• agattai (Campidanese)

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

    Conjugation of accattare

infinitive	accattare
gerund		accattànne		past participle		accattáte
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	ije	tu	jidde / jèdde	nuje	vuje	lóre
present	accatte	accatte	accatte	accattáme	accattáte	accattene
imperfect	accattáve	accattáve	accattáve	accattámme	accattáveve, accattávve	accattávene
perfect	accattéve	accattàste	accattóje	accattàmme	accattàste	accattàrene
subjunctive	cu ije	cu tu	cu jidde / cu jèdde	cu nuje	cu vuje	cu lóre
present	accatte	accatte	accatte	accattáme	accattáte	accattene
imperfect	accattàsse	accattàsse	accattàsse	accattàmme	accattàste	accattàssere
imperative	–	tu	jidde / jèdde	nuje	vuje	lóre
	—	accatte	accatt?	accattàme	accattàte	accatt?