acchiappare
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Italian
Etymology
From a- + chiappare, from Vulgar Latin *clapāre, from Late Latin capulāre.
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acchiappàre (first-person singular present acchiàppo, first-person singular past historic acchiappài, past participle acchiappàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to catch, to grab, to seize
- (transitive) to catch by surprise
- (transitive, colloquial) to strike, to hit
- (transitive, figurative, colloquial) to catch (an illness)
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