atacar

From Italian attaccare.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.təˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.taˈkaɾ/

atacar (first-person singular present ataco, past participle atacat)

1. to attack, to strike
2. to attach, to sew on
3. to pack, to fill

• atac
• atacador
• atacant

• “atacar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “atacar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “atacar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “atacar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Italian attaccare (“to join; to attack”).

• IPA^(key): [ataˈkaɾ]

atacar (first-person singular present ataco, first-person singular preterite ataquei, past participle atacado)

1. to attack
2. (of a disease) to strike

• Note: atac- are changed to ataqu- before front vowels (e).

From a- +‎ taco +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [ataˈkaɾ]

atacar (first-person singular present ataco, first-person singular preterite ataquei, past participle atacado)

1. to pack; to clog
   • 1807, anonymous, Primeiro diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     en fin caixas, é caixòs,
     atacados de papeles
     é outras moitas endromenas
     que non sei como lle chaman.

     so, boxes and drawers
     packed with papers
     and many other thingies
     whose name I don't know

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get stuck
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get obstructed

• Note: atac- are changed to ataqu- before front vowels (e).

• “atacar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “atacar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “atacar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Italian attaccare.

• IPA^(key): [ataˈka]

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atacar

1. to attack

• atac

• attacar (obsolete)

Borrowed from Italian attaccare (“to join; to attack”).

• Hyphenation: a‧ta‧car

atacar (first-person singular present ataco, first-person singular preterite ataquei, past participle atacado)

1. to attack (to apply violent force)

   Fui atacado por um cão.

   I was attacked by a dog.

   Synonyms: agredir, assaltar, investir

2. to attack (to aggressively challenge a person or idea)

   Este artigo ataca a nova teoria.

   This article attacks the new theory.

   Synonyms: criticar, reprovar

3. to attack (to deal with something in a direct way)

   O prefeito prometeu atacar a pobreza.

   The mayor promised to attack poverty.

4. (sports) to attempt to score

   Perdendo no final do jogo, até a zaga teve que atacar.

   Losing at the end of the match, even the defence had to attack.

5. (of a disease) to strike

   A gripe me ataca todo verão.

   I am stricken by a cold every summer.

6. to eat voraciously

   A pizza cheirava tão bem que ataquei a fatia.

   The pizza smelled so good that I attacked the slice.

• atacado
• atacador
• atacante
• atacável
• ataque

• “atacar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Italian attaccare.

• IPA^(key): /ataˈkaɾ/ [a.t̪aˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ta‧car

atacar (first-person singular present ataco, first-person singular preterite ataqué, past participle atacado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to attack, to come at
2. (transitive, intransitive) to engage (enter into conflicted with)
3. (transitive) to assail

• “atacar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014