accattare

Meaning

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)

Concepts

beg

panhandle

live by begging

Synonyms

mendicare

elemosinare

captare

chiedere l’elemosina

fare l’accattone

Translations

mendier

mendigar

betteln

pedir limosna

bitten

prier

🛐

quémander

solliciter

verzoeken

mendigar

pedir

captar

pedir

rica etmek

يلتمس

Hyphenated as

ac‧cat‧tà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ak.katˈta.re/

Etymology

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