acaptar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accapitare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.kəpˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.kapˈtaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Menorca) [əkəˈtːa]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Verb

acaptar (first-person singular present acapto, first-person singular preterite acaptí, past participle acaptat)

  1. (transitive) to collect alms
    • 1946, Guillem Roca Cabau, Pobresa i hospitals a la Lleida baixmedieval:
      En aquest pis també hi havia les campanes que els pobres i els veïns de la parròquia tocaven quan anaven a acaptar.
      On this floor there were also bells for the poor and the parish neighbours to ring when they came to collect alms.
  2. (transitive) to beg
  3. (archaic) to get, obtain

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