accattare

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (intransitive) to beg (for money, food, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to beg for
  3. (derogatory, transitive) to go looking for
  4. (transitive) to scrounge or cadge
  5. (archaic, regional, transitive) to buy
  6. (archaic, regional, transitive) to find, to obtain, to receive, to accrue
  7. (archaic, transitive) to force a loan on (typically in reference to the state)

Sinonieme

chiedere l’elemosina

fare l’accattone

Gekoppel as
ac‧cat‧tà‧re
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ak.katˈta.re/
Etimologie (Engels)

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

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