"afferrare" meaning in Italian

See afferrare in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /af.ferˈra.re/
Rhymes: -are Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *adferrāre, from ferrum (“iron, sword”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|VL.|*adferrāre}} Vulgar Latin *adferrāre Head templates: {{it-verb|a/è}} afferràre (first-person singular present affèrro, first-person singular past historic afferrài, past participle afferràto, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a/è}} Forms: afferràre [canonical], affèrro [first-person, present, singular], afferrài [first-person, historic, past, singular], afferràto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], afferràre [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], afferràndo [gerund], afferrànte [participle, present], afferràto [participle, past], affèrro [first-person, indicative, present, singular], affèrri [indicative, present, second-person, singular], affèrra [indicative, present, singular, third-person], afferriàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], afferràte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], affèrrano [indicative, plural, present, third-person], afferràvo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], afferràvi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], afferràva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], afferravàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], afferravàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], afferràvano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], afferrài [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], afferràsti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], afferrò [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], afferràmmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], afferràste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], afferràrono [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], afferrerò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], afferrerài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], afferrerà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], afferrerémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], afferreréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], afferrerànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], afferrerèi [conditional, first-person, singular], afferrerésti [conditional, second-person, singular], afferrerèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], afferrerébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], afferrerémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], afferreréste [conditional, plural, second-person], afferrerèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], afferrerébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], affèrri [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], affèrri [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], affèrri [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], afferriàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], afferriàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], affèrrino [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], afferràssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], afferràssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], afferràsse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], afferràssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], afferràste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], afferràssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], affèrra [imperative, second-person, singular], affèrri [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], afferriàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], afferràte [imperative, plural, second-person], affèrrino [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], afferràre [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], affèrri [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], afferriàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], afferràte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], affèrrino [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. to grab; to grasp Synonyms: prendere, acciuffare, afferrare
    Sense id: en-afferrare-it-verb-Ser5CZhF Categories (other): Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 26 37 37
  2. to take advantage of (a circumstance); to seize Synonyms: cogliere, approfittare, avvantaggiarsi
    Sense id: en-afferrare-it-verb-ypuOd0za Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -are, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 17 63 20 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 17 67 16 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -are: 24 43 33 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 26 37 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 49 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 58 21
  3. to grasp; to understand Synonyms: capire, comprendere
    Sense id: en-afferrare-it-verb-ZslUBiH0 Categories (other): Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 26 37 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: afferrarsi
Synonyms: prendere, acchiappare, agguantare, abbrancare, ghermire, acciuffare, aggrapparsi, appigliarsi, stringere, impugnare, brandire, avvinghiare, pigliare, buscare, impadronirsi

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afferrare",
      "word": "mollare"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afferrare",
      "word": "lasciare"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "afferrarsi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*adferrāre"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *adferrāre",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Vulgar Latin *adferrāre, from ferrum (“iron, sword”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afferràre",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrro",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrài",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràndo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrànte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferriàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrrano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràvo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferravàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferravàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràvano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrài",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràsti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràmmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràrono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerài",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerémo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferreréte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerànno",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerèi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerébbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferreréste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerèbbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferrerébbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferriàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferriàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrrino",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràsse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferriàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrrino",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferriàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "afferràte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "affèrrino",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/è"
      },
      "expansion": "afferràre (first-person singular present affèrro, first-person singular past historic afferrài, past participle afferràto, auxiliary avére)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "af‧fer‧rà‧re"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/è"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 37 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grab; to grasp"
      ],
      "id": "en-afferrare-it-verb-Ser5CZhF",
      "links": [
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ],
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prendere"
        },
        {
          "word": "acciuffare"
        },
        {
          "word": "afferrare"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 63 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 67 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 43 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs ending in -are",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 37 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 49 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 58 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to seize the moment",
          "text": "afferrare il momento",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take advantage of (a circumstance); to seize"
      ],
      "id": "en-afferrare-it-verb-ypuOd0za",
      "links": [
        [
          "take advantage of",
          "take advantage of"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cogliere"
        },
        {
          "word": "approfittare"
        },
        {
          "word": "avvantaggiarsi"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 37 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to get the idea",
          "text": "afferrare l'idea",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "did you understand that you need to go away?",
          "text": "hai afferrato che te ne devi andare?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grasp; to understand"
      ],
      "id": "en-afferrare-it-verb-ZslUBiH0",
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "capire"
        },
        {
          "word": "comprendere"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/af.ferˈra.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-are"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afferrare",
      "word": "prendere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afferrare",
      "word": "acchiappare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afferrare",
      "word": "agguantare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afferrare",
      "word": "abbrancare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afferrare",
      "word": "ghermire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afferrare",
      "word": "acciuffare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afferrare",
      "word": "aggrapparsi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:afferrare",
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      "word": "acchiappare"
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      "word": "abbrancare"
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      "word": "ghermire"
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      "word": "brandire"
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      "word": "impadronirsi"
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}

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