acchiappare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to catch, to grab, to seize
  2. (transitive) to catch by surprise
  3. (colloquial, transitive) to strike, to hit
  4. (colloquial, figuratively, transitive) to catch (an illness)

Frequency

28k
Hyphenated as
ac‧chiap‧pà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ak.kjapˈpa.re/
Etymology

From a- + chiappare, from Vulgar Latin *clapāre, from Late Latin capulāre.

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