beccare

beccare

Italian

Etymology

    From becco (“beak, bill”) +‎ -are.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /bekˈka.re/
    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: bec‧cà‧re

    Verb

    beccàre (first-person singular present bécco, first-person singular past historic beccài, past participle beccàto, auxiliary avére)

    1. (transitive) to peck
      Synonym: colpire
    2. (transitive) to peck up (to pick up with the beck, in order to eat; of a bird)
    3. (transitive, by extension, humorous) to eat
      Synonym: mangiare
    4. (transitive, by extension) (of an insect, etc.) to sting or bite
      Synonym: pungere
    5. (transitive) to provoke
      Synonyms: provocare, punzecchiare
    6. (transitive) to heckle
      la folla ha continuamente beccato l'esecutore
      the crowd continually heckled the performer
    7. (figurative, informal, transitive) to nab, to catch
      Non farti beccare. ― Don't get caught.
    8. (figurative, transitive) to get, pick up
      Synonyms: ottenere, acquistare, strappare
      beccare un tre in matematica ― to get an F in math (class)
    9. (intransitive, informal) to lose (fail to win) [auxiliary avere]

    Conjugation

        Conjugation of beccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
    infinitive beccàre
    auxiliary verb avére gerund beccàndo
    present participle beccànte past participle beccàto
    person singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
    present bécco bécchi bécca becchiàmo beccàte béccano
    imperfect beccàvo beccàvi beccàva beccavàmo beccavàte beccàvano
    past historic beccài beccàsti beccò beccàmmo beccàste beccàrono
    future beccherò beccherài beccherà beccherémo beccheréte beccherànno
    conditional beccherèi beccherésti beccherèbbe, beccherébbe beccherémmo beccheréste beccherèbbero, beccherébbero
    subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
    present bécchi bécchi bécchi becchiàmo becchiàte bécchino
    imperfect beccàssi beccàssi beccàsse beccàssimo beccàste beccàssero
    imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
    bécca bécchi becchiàmo beccàte bécchino
    negative imperative non beccàre non bécchi non becchiàmo non beccàte non bécchino

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