prendere

Meaning

1. (transitive) to take, hold, pick up, get
2. (transitive) to conquer (of a political territory or entity)
3. (transitive) to take (a means of transport)
4. (broadly, transitive) to choose (a certain route or path)
5. (transitive) to catch (a criminal, animal, etc.)
6. (broadly, transitive) to catch (an illness)
7. (informal, transitive) to be beat up or defeated
8. (transitive) to get, buy
9. (informal, transitive) to steal
10. (transitive) to assume (a task, responsibility, etc.)
11. (transitive) to hit or strike
12. (transitive) to hit or strike
13. (transitive) to eat, drink, ingest (of food, drink, medicine, etc.)
14. (informal, transitive) to romantically attract
15. (transitive) to acquire (a characteristic)
16. (transitive) to pursue (a vocation)
17. (transitive) to measure
18. (transitive) to pick up, receive (a radio, TV, telegraphic, etc. transmission)
19. (transitive) to feel (an emotion)
20. (transitive) to take hold of, seize, or strike (someone) (of a sensation, feeling, etc.)
21. (informal, transitive) to occupy or take up (space or time)
22. (broadly, informal, transitive) to occupy someone's mind
23. (transitive) to require (energy, effort, etc.)
24. (transitive) (sometimes with per) to take for or confuse
25. (transitive) to interpret
26. (transitive) to choose (someone for a role, job, etc.); to hire
27. (transitive) to treat (someone) (in a certain way)
28. (transitive) to accept
29. (intransitive) (with a or per) to move (towards); to head (for)
30. (intransitive) (with a + inf.) to begin
31. (intransitive) to begin to burn [auxiliary avere] (of a fire)
32. (intransitive) to adhere to the building materials by hardening; to take hold [auxiliary avere] (of a binder)
33. (intransitive) to take root [auxiliary avere] (of a plant)
34. (intransitive) to happen unexpectedly
35. (slang, vulgar) in the form "prenderlo", literally "to take it": to be penetrated sexually

Concepts

take

catch

grab

seize

get

capture

grasp

grip

assume

pick

⛏️

grapple

fetch

take hold of

pick up

hold

have

take along

trap

🪤

apprehend

borrow

captivate

occupy

nab

acquire

take in

do

take on

snatch

strike

bring

convey

raise

raise up

nail

arrest

make

reach

hunt

collect

ingest

adopt

clutch

consume

lift

harvest

get hold of

hire

lift up

receive

utilize

Synonyms

afferrare

catturare

togliere

assumere

invadere

raccogliere

pigliare

acchiappare

occupare

procurarsi

ricevere

cogliere

⛏️

intrappolare

🪤

sopraffare

fare

accettare

🉑

ottenere

colpire

intraprendere

bere

🥤

acquisire

mettere mano

rassomigliare

soppraffare

portare via

impadronirsi

confondere

imboccare

avere

impiegare

sorprendere

assalire

👊

acquistare

avvincere

portare

trattare

arraffare

mettere

cacciare

ammalarsi

sostenere

vincere

avvolgere

alzare

ritirare

rubare

sospendere

staccare

guardare

estrarre

Translations

prendre

tomar

nehmen

coger

attraper

🪤

agafar

ergreifen

saisir

tomar

fangen

nemen

atrapar

παίρνω

greifen

agarrar

Hyphenated as

prèn‧de‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈprɛn.de.re/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin prēndere, from earlier prehendere, from prae- (“before”) + *hendere (“take, seize”) (not attested without a prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-.