staccare

Italian

Etymology

From an aphetic variant of distaccare (“to separate, detach”), from Middle French destacher (“to detach”), from Old French destachier (“to detach”), from des- +‎ attachier (“to attach”), alteration of estachier (“to fasten with or to a stake, lay claim to”) from estache (“a stake”), from Low Frankish *stakka (“stake”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz, *stakkô (“stick, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“stick, stake”). Akin to Old High German stecko (“post”) (German Stecken (“stick”)), Old Saxon stekko (“stake”), Old Norse stakkr (“hay stack, heap”), Old English staca (“stake”). More at English stake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stakˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: stac‧cà‧re

Verb

staccàre (first-person singular present stàcco, first-person singular past historic staccài, past participle staccàto, auxiliary avére) [+ da (object)]

1. (transitive) to detach, to remove, to separate, to take or take down (from)
2. (transitive) to unyoke, to unharness (draught/draft animals)

   Synonym: sbardare

3. (transitive) to uncouple (a train)
4. (transitive) to tear out (pages from a book), to tear off (a body part, etc.)
5. (transitive) to take (one's eyes) (off of someone) (to stop looking at)
6. (transitive) to pronounce (words) separately, not run-together
7. (transitive, music) to play (notes) staccato
8. (transitive, sports) to distance, to leave behind (a runner, etc.)
9. (transitive, automotive) to depress (the clutch petal), to disengage (the clutch)
10. (intransitive) to stand out [auxiliary avere]
11. (intransitive, informal) to knock off work, to finish work [auxiliary avere]
12. (intransitive, informal) to take a break from work [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of staccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	staccàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		staccàndo
present participle		staccànte	past participle		staccàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	stàcco	stàcchi	stàcca	stacchiàmo	staccàte	stàccano
imperfect	staccàvo	staccàvi	staccàva	staccavàmo	staccavàte	staccàvano
past historic	staccài	staccàsti	staccò	staccàmmo	staccàste	staccàrono
future	staccherò	staccherài	staccherà	staccherémo	staccheréte	staccherànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	staccherèi	staccherésti	staccherèbbe, staccherébbe	staccherémmo	staccheréste	staccherèbbero, staccherébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	stàcchi	stàcchi	stàcchi	stacchiàmo	stacchiàte	stàcchino
imperfect	staccàssi	staccàssi	staccàsse	staccàssimo	staccàste	staccàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		stàcca	stàcchi	stacchiàmo	staccàte	stàcchino
negative imperative		non staccàre	non stàcchi	non stacchiàmo	non staccàte	non stàcchino

Derived terms

• staccarsi
• staccato

Anagrams

• carcaste, staccerà