accalappiare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to catch, to snare (an animal)
  2. (broadly, transitive) to catch, to arrest (a person)
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to deceive, to lure with flattery

Concepts

Hyphenated as
ac‧ca‧lap‧pià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ak.ka.lapˈpja.re/
Etymology

From a- + calappio + -are.

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