accapare

See also: accaparé

French

Pronunciation
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  • Homophones: accaparent, accapares

Verb

accapare

  1. inflection of accaparer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish acabar, adapted in Neapolitan to a- +‎ capo +‎ -are. First attested in 1479.

Verb

accapare

  1. to finish, complete

References
  • Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 18
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “accapare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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