atracar

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.tɾəˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.tɾaˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atracar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			atracar
gerund			atracant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		atracat		atracada
		plural		atracats		atracades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	atraco	atraques	atraca	atraquem	atraqueu	atraquen
	imperfect	atracava	atracaves	atracava	atracàvem	atracàveu	atracaven
	future	atracaré	atracaràs	atracarà	atracarem	atracareu	atracaran
	preterite	atraquí	atracares	atracà	atracàrem	atracàreu	atracaren
	conditional	atracaria	atracaries	atracaria	atracaríem	atracaríeu	atracarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	atraqui	atraquis	atraqui	atraquem	atraqueu	atraquin
	imperfect	atraqués	atraquessis	atraqués	atraquéssim	atraquéssiu	atraquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	atraca	atraqui	atraquem	atraqueu	atraquin
	negative (no)	—	no atraquis	no atraqui	no atraquem	no atraqueu	no atraquin

Derived terms

• atracada
• atracador
• atracallar
• atracament

Further reading

• “atracar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈka(ʁ)/ [a.tɾaˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈka(ʁ)/ [a.tɾaˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈka(ʁ)/ [a.tɾaˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɾɐˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɾɐˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɾɐˈka.ɾi/

Verb

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

1. (nautical) to moor, berth

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atracar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	atracar
Personal	atracar	atracares	atracar	atracarmos	atracardes	atracarem
Gerund
	atracando
Past participle
Masculine	atracado			atracados
Feminine	atracada			atracadas
Indicative
Present	atraco	atracas	atraca	atracamos	atracais	atracam
Imperfect	atracava	atracavas	atracava	atracávamos	atracáveis	atracavam
Preterite	atraquei	atracaste	atracou	atracamos1, atracámos2	atracastes	atracaram
Pluperfect	atracara	atracaras	atracara	atracáramos	atracáreis	atracaram
Future	atracarei	atracarás	atracará	atracaremos	atracareis	atracarão
Conditional	atracaria	atracarias	atracaria	atracaríamos	atracaríeis	atracariam
Subjunctive
Present	atraque	atraques	atraque	atraquemos	atraqueis	atraquem
Imperfect	atracasse	atracasses	atracasse	atracássemos	atracásseis	atracassem
Future	atracar	atracares	atracar	atracarmos	atracardes	atracarem
Imperative
Affirmative		atraca	atraque	atraquemos	atracai	atraquem
Negative (não)		não atraques	não atraque	não atraquemos	não atraqueis	não atraquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “atracar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “atracar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atɾaˈkaɾ/ [a.t̪ɾaˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧tra‧car

Verb

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^[1]:

     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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atracar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			atracar
gerund			atracando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		atracado		atracada
		plural		atracados		atracadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	atraco	atracastú atracásvos	atraca	atracamos	atracáis	atracan
	imperfect	atracaba	atracabas	atracaba	atracábamos	atracabais	atracaban
	preterite	atraqué	atracaste	atracó	atracamos	atracasteis	atracaron
	future	atracaré	atracarás	atracará	atracaremos	atracaréis	atracarán
	conditional	atracaría	atracarías	atracaría	atracaríamos	atracaríais	atracarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	atraque	atraquestú atraquésvos2	atraque	atraquemos	atraquéis	atraquen
	imperfect (ra)	atracara	atracaras	atracara	atracáramos	atracarais	atracaran
	imperfect (se)	atracase	atracases	atracase	atracásemos	atracaseis	atracasen
	future1	atracare	atracares	atracare	atracáremos	atracareis	atracaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		atracatú atracávos	atraque	atraquemos	atracad	atraquen
	negative		no atraques	no atraque	no atraquemos	no atraquéis	no atraquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of atracar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive atracar	dative	atracarme	atracarte	atracarle, atracarse	atracarnos	atracaros	atracarles, atracarse
	accusative	atracarme	atracarte	atracarlo, atracarla, atracarse	atracarnos	atracaros	atracarlos, atracarlas, atracarse
with gerund atracando	dative	atracándome	atracándote	atracándole, atracándose	atracándonos	atracándoos	atracándoles, atracándose
	accusative	atracándome	atracándote	atracándolo, atracándola, atracándose	atracándonos	atracándoos	atracándolos, atracándolas, atracándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative atraca	dative	atrácame	atrácate	atrácale	atrácanos	not used	atrácales
	accusative	atrácame	atrácate	atrácalo, atrácala	atrácanos	not used	atrácalos, atrácalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative atracá	dative	atracame	atracate	atracale	atracanos	not used	atracales
	accusative	atracame	atracate	atracalo, atracala	atracanos	not used	atracalos, atracalas
with formal second-person singular imperative atraque	dative	atráqueme	not used	atráquele, atráquese	atráquenos	not used	atráqueles
	accusative	atráqueme	not used	atráquelo, atráquela, atráquese	atráquenos	not used	atráquelos, atráquelas
with first-person plural imperative atraquemos	dative	not used	atraquémoste	atraquémosle	atraquémonos	atraquémoos	atraquémosles
	accusative	not used	atraquémoste	atraquémoslo, atraquémosla	atraquémonos	atraquémoos	atraquémoslos, atraquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative atracad	dative	atracadme	not used	atracadle	atracadnos	atracaos	atracadles
	accusative	atracadme	not used	atracadlo, atracadla	atracadnos	atracaos	atracadlos, atracadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative atraquen	dative	atráquenme	not used	atráquenle	atráquennos	not used	atráquenles, atráquense
	accusative	atráquenme	not used	atráquenlo, atráquenla	atráquennos	not used	atráquenlos, atráquenlas, atráquense

Derived terms

• atracadero
• atracador
• atraco
• atracón
• atraque

Descendants

• → Italian: attraccare

Further reading

• “atracar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “atracar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010