staccare
Italian
Etymology
From an aphetic variant of distaccare (“to separate, detach”) from Middle French destacher (“to detach”) from Old French destachier (“to detach”) from des- + attachier (“to attach”), alteration of estachier (“to fasten with or to a stake, lay claim to”) from estache (“a stake”), from Low Frankish *stakka (“stake”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz, *stakkô (“stick, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“stick, stake”). Akin to Old High German stecko (“post”) (German Stecken (“stick”)), Old Saxon stekko (“stake”), Old Norse stakkr (“hay stack, heap”), Old English staca (“stake”). More at stake.
Verb
staccare (da)
- to remove, take or take down (from)
- to tear out (pages from a book)
- to separate or divide
- to unyoke or unharness (draught animals)
- to uncouple (a train)
- to distance or leave behind (a runner etc)
- to knock off (work (intransitive))
Conjugation
Conjugation of staccare
| infinitive | staccare | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | avere | gerund | staccando | |||
| present participle | staccante | past participle | staccato | |||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | stacco | stacchi | stacca | stacchiamo | staccate | staccano |
| imperfect | staccavo | staccavi | staccava | staccavamo | staccavate | staccavano |
| past historic | staccai | staccasti | staccò | staccammo | staccaste | staccarono |
| future | staccherò | staccherai | staccherà | staccheremo | staccherete | staccheranno |
| conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | staccherei | staccheresti | staccherebbe | staccheremmo | stacchereste | staccherebbero |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
| present | stacchi | stacchi | stacchi | stacchiamo | stacchiate | stacchino |
| imperfect | staccassi | staccassi | staccasse | staccassimo | staccaste | staccassero |
| imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
| stacca, non staccare | stacchi | stacchiamo | staccate | stacchino | ||
Synonyms
- (to unharness): sbardare
Derived terms
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