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attraccare

/attrakˈkaːre/verbB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 16,335

Meaning

dock; moor

  • to bring a boat or ship to a dock or quay
  • to come alongside and stop at a port

In a sentence

Il traghetto attracca ogni mattina alle otto.

The ferry docks every morning at eight.

Quando attracca la nave da Napoli?

When does the ship from Naples dock?

Non possiamo attraccare qui con il vento forte.

We can't dock here with the strong wind.

Word forms (48)
WordWord forms
attraccareinfinitive
attraccoindicative · present · singular · 1st person
attracchiindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
attraccaindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
attracchiamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
attraccateindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
attraccanoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
attraccavoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
attraccaviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
attraccavaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
attraccavamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
attraccavateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
attraccavanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
attraccaiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
attraccastiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
attraccòindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
attraccammoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
attraccasteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
attraccaronoindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
attraccheròindicative · future · singular · 1st person
attraccheraiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
attraccheràindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
attraccheremoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
attracchereteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
attraccherannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
attracchisubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
attracchisubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
attracchisubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
attracchiamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
attracchiatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
attracchinosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
attraccassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
attraccassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
attraccassesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
attraccassimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
attraccastesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
attraccasserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
attracchereiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
attraccheresticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
attraccherebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
attraccheremmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
attraccheresteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
attraccherebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
attraccaimperative · singular · 2nd person
attracchiamoimperative · plural · 1st person
attraccateimperative · plural · 2nd person
attraccandogerund
attraccatopast · participle

Usage notes

  • Used mainly for boats, ships, and ferries.
  • Can be transitive or intransitive: attraccare la barca / la barca attracca.
  • Usually takes avere in compound tenses.

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