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Etymology edit

From becco (beak, bill) +‎ -are.

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  • IPA(key): /bekˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: bec‧cà‧re

Verb edit

beccàre (first-person singular present bécco, first-person singular past historic beccài, past participle beccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to peck
    Synonym: colpire
  2. (transitive) to peck up (to pick up with the beck, in order to eat; of a bird)
  3. (transitive, by extension, humorous) to eat
    Synonym: mangiare
  4. (transitive, by extension) (of an insect, etc.) to sting or bite
    Synonym: pungere
  5. (transitive) to provoke
    Synonyms: provocare, punzecchiare
  6. (transitive) to heckle
    la folla ha continuamente beccato l'esecutore
    the crowd continually heckled the performer
  7. (figurative, informal, transitive) to nab, to catch
    Non farti beccare.Don't get caught.
  8. (figurative, transitive) to get, pick up
    Synonyms: ottenere, acquistare, strappare
    beccare un tre in matematicato get an F in math (class)
  9. (intransitive, informal) to lose (fail to win) [auxiliary avere]

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