Meaning
to extract
- to draw (lots, lottery prizes, etc.)
- to transcribe (passages, citations)
In a sentence
Il dentista ha dovuto estrarre il dente del giudizio.
The dentist had to extract the wisdom tooth.
Hanno estratto i numeri della lotteria ieri sera.
They drew the lottery numbers last night.
Non riesco a estrarre una frase dal testo.
I can't extract a sentence from the text.
Word forms (1)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| estratto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use estrarre for removing something from inside or selecting by chance; for taking away generally, prefer togliere or tirare fuori.
- In everyday speech, estrarre sounds formal/technical for physical objects: estrarre un dente, estrarre dati, estrarre una carta.
- For lottery or raffle contexts, say estrarre numeri/premi. Learners often overuse prendere or scegliere here.