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acaptar
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Catalan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *accapitare.
Pronunciation
Verb
acaptar (first-person singular present acapto, first-person singular preterite acaptí, past participle acaptat)
- (transitive) to collect alms
- 1946, Guillem Roca Cabau, Pobresa i hospitals a la Lleida baixmedieval:
- En aquest pis també hi havia les campanes que els pobres i els veïns de la parròquia tocaven quan anaven a acaptar.
- On this floor there were also bells for the poor and the parish neighbours to ring when they came to collect alms.
- (transitive) to beg
- (archaic) to get, obtain
Derived terms
- acaptador
- acapte
Further reading
- “acaptar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “acaptar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “acaptar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “acaptar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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