Meaning
to capture, to catch
- to seize, to grab
In a sentence
La polizia ha catturato il ladro ieri sera.
The police captured the thief last night.
Riesci a catturare quel gatto nel giardino?
Can you catch that cat in the garden?
Il documentario è riuscito a catturare l'attenzione del pubblico.
The documentary managed to capture the audience's attention.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| catturare | infinitive |
| catturiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| catturo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| catturate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| catturi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| catturano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cattura | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| catturavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| catturavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| catturavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| catturavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| catturavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| catturava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| catturammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| catturai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| catturaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| catturasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| catturarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| catturò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| cattureremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| catturerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| catturerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| catturerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| cattureranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| catturerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| catturiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| catturi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| catturiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| catturi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
Usage notes
- Use prendere for physically taking or grabbing; catturare sounds more like trapping, arresting, or figuratively winning attention.
- For photos or screenshots, catturare is common in tech and media, but fare una foto or fare uno screenshot is more everyday.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho catturato. Direct object agreement appears only with preceding pronouns in formal writing.