Meaning
snap up, hoard
- to hoard or buy up large quantities of goods
- to grab or secure something exclusively (almost always pronominal: accaparrarsi)
In a sentence
Durante la crisi molti cittadini cercavano di accaparrare generi alimentari.
During the crisis many citizens tried to hoard foodstuffs.
I fan più veloci sono riusciti ad accaparrarsi i posti migliori.
The fastest fans managed to snap up the best seats.
L'azienda ha fatto di tutto per accaparrarsi i clienti della concorrenza.
The company did everything to grab the competitors' customers.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| accaparrare | infinitive |
| accaparro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| accaparri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accaparra | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| accaparriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| accaparrate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| accaparrano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accaparravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| accaparravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| accaparrava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| accaparravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| accaparravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| accaparravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| accaparrai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| accaparrasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| accaparrò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| accaparrammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| accaparraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| accaparrarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| accaparrerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| accaparrerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| accaparrerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| accaparreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| accaparrerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| accaparreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| accaparri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| accaparri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accaparri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| accaparriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| accaparriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| accaparrino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accaparrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| accaparrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| accaparrasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| accaparrassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| accaparraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| accaparrassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| accaparrerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| accaparreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| accaparrebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| accaparreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| accaparrereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| accaparrebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| accaparra | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| accaparriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| accaparrate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| accaparrando | gerund |
| accaparrato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Most commonly used in the pronominal form 'accaparrarsi' followed by a direct object, meaning 'to snap up' or 'grab'.