Meaning
to pick up, gather
- to pick up something from the ground, often casually or hurriedly
- to gather, scrape together, or collect scarce things or people
In a sentence
Ha fatto cadere le chiavi e le ha raccattate subito.
He dropped his keys and picked them up right away.
Siamo riusciti a raccattare solo pochi voti.
We only managed to scrape together a few votes.
Non raccattare quella roba sporca da terra!
Don't pick that dirty stuff up off the ground!
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| raccattare | infinitive |
| raccatto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| raccatti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| raccatta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| raccattiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| raccattate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| raccattano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| raccattavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| raccattavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| raccattava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| raccattavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| raccattavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| raccattavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| raccattai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| raccattasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| raccattò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| raccattammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| raccattaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| raccattarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| raccatterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| raccatterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| raccatterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| raccatteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| raccatterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| raccatteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| raccatti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| raccatti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| raccatti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| raccattiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| raccattiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| raccattino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| raccattassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| raccattassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| raccattasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| raccattassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| raccattaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| raccattassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| raccatterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| raccatteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| raccatterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| raccatteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| raccattereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| raccatterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| raccatta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| raccattiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| raccattate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| raccattando | gerund |
| raccattato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: often implies picking up discarded items or scraping together whatever is available.
- Compare with 'raccogliere', which is neutral and more common in formal contexts.