Meaning
to pick up, to sense
- to receive or intercept electromagnetic signals, waves, or sounds
- to perceive or pick up intuitively emotions, moods, or intentions
In a sentence
L'antenna parabolica riesce a captare segnali satellitari deboli.
The satellite dish is able to pick up weak satellite signals.
Ha subito captato l'atmosfera tesa che c'era nella stanza.
He immediately picked up on the tense atmosphere in the room.
I microfoni possono captare rumori anche a grande distanza.
The microphones can pick up sounds even at a great distance.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| captare | infinitive |
| capto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| capti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| capta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| captiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| captate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| captano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| captavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| captavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| captava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| captavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| captavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| captavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| captai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| captasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| captò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| captammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| captaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| captarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| capterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| capterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| capterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| capteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| capterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| capteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| capti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| capti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| capti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| captiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| captiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| captino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| captassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| captassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| captasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| captassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| captaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| captassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| capterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| capteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| capterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| capteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| captereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| capterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| capta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| captiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| captate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| captando | gerund |
| captato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal and precise than 'ricevere' when referring to signals or subtle cues.