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. (figuratively, informal, transitive) to nab, to catch
    Non farti beccare. ― Don't get caught.
  8. (figuratively, transitive) to get, pick up
    beccare un tre in matematica ― to get an F in math (class)
    Synonyms: ottenere, acquistare, strappare
  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 io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present 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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