accattare

Senso (Inglese)

  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)

sinonimi

chiedere l’elemosina

fare l’accattone

Con il trattino come
ac‧cat‧tà‧re
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ak.katˈta.re/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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

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