abboccare

Italian

Etymology

From a- + bocca (mouth) + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.bokˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ab‧boc‧cà‧re

Verb

abboccàre (first-person singular present abbócco, first-person singular past historic abboccài, past participle abboccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, rare) to bite or take with the mouth
    il pesce ha abboccato l'esca
    the fish took the bait (with the mouth)
  2. (intransitive, also figurative, by extension) to take the bait [auxiliary avere]
    il pesce abbocca
    the fish takes the bait
    non ci avrei dovuto cascare, ma ho abboccato
    I should not have fallen for it, but I took the bait
  3. (transitive, rare) to fill up (a glass, jar, etc.) to the top
  4. (transitive) to join or connect (tubes, ducts, etc.)
  5. (intransitive) to be joined or connected (of tubes, ducts, etc.) [auxiliary avere]
    i tubi abboccano
    the tubes are connected
  6. (transitive, by extension) to connect two organs (in surgery)

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