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) (intransitive) to beg (for money, food, etc.) Synonyms: mendicare, elemosinare, pitoccare, questuare (transitive) to beg for (transitive, derogatory) to go looking for Synonym: cercare accattare idee altrui ― to look for other people's ideas accattare scuse ― to look for excuses (transitive) to scrounge or cadge (transitive, archaic, regional) to buy Synonym: comprare (transitive, archaic, regional) to find, to obtain, to receive, to accrue Synonyms: trovare, ottenere, ricevere (transitive, archaic) to force a loan on (typically in reference to the state) Synonyms: trovare, ottenere, ricevere ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === accatterà, accertata, attaccare == Neapolitan == === Alternative forms === accattà (alt. spelling) === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *accaptāre. === Pronunciation === (Naples) IPA(key): [akkatˈta] === Verb === accattare 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) (archaic) gain, amass (archaic) purchase find === References === Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “akkattare”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg == Tarantino == === Verb === accattare to buy or purchase ==== Conjugation ====