impattare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.patˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: im‧pat‧tà‧re

Etymology 1

From im- +‎ patta (“tie, draw in cards game”) +‎ -are, from Latin pactum (“agreement, bargain, pact”), from pacīscor (“to bargain, to contract”).

Verb

impattàre (first-person singular present impàtto, first-person singular past historic impattài, past participle impattàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, sports) to tie, to draw (a match)
  2. (intransitive, sports) to tie, to draw [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • impattarla (“to break even”)
Descendants
  • → Spanish: empatar

Etymology 2

From impatto (“impact”) +‎ -are, a borrowing from English.

Verb

impattàre (first-person singular present impàtto, first-person singular past historic impattài, past participle impattàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to impact, to affect, to have an impact [+ su (object) = on]
  2. to impact, to bump [+ su (object) = into] (of a moving vehicle)
Conjugation

Further reading

  • impattare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • impattare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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