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to attach; (affiggere) to put(irregular) up, to stick(irregular) (up) [manifesto, avviso, poster] (a on); (appendere) to hang(irregular) [quadro] (a on)
(incollare) to stick(irregular) [etichetta, francobollo] (a, su on); (con lo scotch) to (sello)tape; (incollare insieme) to stick(irregular) together [fogli, pezzi]
(cucire) to sew(irregular), to attach, to stitch [bottone] (a on)
(agganciare) to connect, to couple, to hitch [rimorchio, vagone]
(allacciare) to switch on, to turn on [corrente];
to plug in [elettrodomestico]
(trasmettere) to give(irregular) [malattia]; ~ il raffreddore a qcn. to pass the cold on to sb.
(assalire) mil. to attack [truppa, paese]; (aggredire) to assail, to attack, to set(irregular) on [persona, animale];
[cane] to turn(irregular) on [persona, animale]; (con colpi o rimproveri) to go(irregular) for
(criticare) to attack, to bash [ministro, progetto]
sport (nel calcio, rugby) to attack, to drive(irregular) forward
(corrodere) [parassiti, ruggine] to eat(irregular) away at [metallo]
colloq. (funzionare) (con me) non attacca! that won’t wash with me! it doesn’t work (with me)!
(iniziare, esordire) to start off; mus. to strike(irregular) up; ~ con colloq. to strike up [canzone, argomento]
colloq. (iniziare a lavorare) il prossimo turno attacca alle 10 the next shift comes on at 10
attaccarsi pronom.
(appiccicarsi) [francobollo, busta] to stick(irregular);
[fogli] to stick(irregular) together
(rimanere attaccato) [sostanza, oggetto] to stick(irregular) (a to); l’edera si attacca alle pietre ivy clings to stones
(aggrapparsi, tenersi) to grasp hold (a of), to hold(irregular) on (a to); -rsi a un pretesto fig. to cling to a pretext o an excuse
(affezionarsi) -rsi a qcn. to grow attached o to form an attachment to sb.
locuzioni idiomatiche ~ bottone con qcn. to buttonhole sb.; attaccar briga, lite (con qcn.) to pick a fight, quarrel (with sb.); ~ discorso (con qcn.) to engage (sb.) in conversation, to strike up a conversation (with sb.); -rsi qcs. all’orecchio not to forget sth.; -rsi al telefono to get on the phone; ti attacchi al tram (e fischi in curva)! you can whistle for it! dream on!