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captare

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See also: captaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kapˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cap‧tà‧re

Verb

captàre (first-person singular present càpto, first-person singular past historic captài, past participle captàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to skillfully obtain or capture
    captare la sua fiducia
    to gain his trust
    captare l'acqua del fiume per irrigare il campo
    to take the water from the river to irrigate the field
  2. to pick up, receive (a radio, TV, telegraphic, etc. transmission)
  3. to read (someone's mind or intentions); to intuit
    captare le sue intenzioni
    to intuit his intentions

Conjugation

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Latin

Verb

captāre

  1. inflection of captō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From capta + -re.

Noun

captare f (plural captări)

  1. capture

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Spanish

Verb

captare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of captar

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