Meaning
to hunt down, track
- to pursue closely and relentlessly, especially a fugitive or prey
In a sentence
La polizia continua a braccare il fuggitivo nella foresta.
The police continue to hunt down the fugitive in the forest.
Il sospettato si sentiva ormai braccato da tutte le parti.
The suspect now felt hunted from all sides.
I giornalisti lo braccavano ogni volta che usciva di casa.
Journalists hounded him every time he left his house.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| braccare | infinitive |
| bracco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| bracchi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| bracca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bracchiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| braccate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| braccano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| braccavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| braccavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| braccava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| braccavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| braccavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| braccavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| braccai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| braccasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| braccò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| braccammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| braccaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| braccarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| braccherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| braccherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| braccherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| braccheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| braccherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| braccheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| bracchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| bracchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| bracchi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| bracchiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| bracchiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| bracchino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| braccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| braccassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| braccasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| braccassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| braccaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| braccassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| braccherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| braccheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| braccherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| braccheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| bracchereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| braccherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| bracca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| bracchiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| braccate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| braccando | gerund |
| braccato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Conjugated with 'avere'. Retains a hard 'c' sound: 'bracchi', 'bracchiamo'.
- Commonly used in crime reporting and fiction.