# atacar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian attaccare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.təˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.taˈkaɾ]

### Verb

atacar (first-person singular present ataco, first-person singular preterite ataquí, past participle atacat)
* to attack, to strike
* to attach, to sew on
* to pack, to fill

#### Derived terms

* atac
* atacador
* atacant

### Further reading

* “atacar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “atacar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ataˈkaɾ]

#### Verb

atacar (first-person singular present ataco, first-person singular preterite ataquei, past participle atacado)
* to attack
* (of a disease) to strike

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Etymology 2

From a- +‎ taco +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ataˈkaɾ]

#### Verb

atacar (first-person singular present ataco, first-person singular preterite ataquei, past participle atacado)
* to pack; to clog
** 1807, anonymous author, 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
* (pronominal) to get stuck
* (pronominal) to get obstructed

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atacar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “atacar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “atacar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “atacar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Italian attaccare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ataˈka]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

atacar
* to attack

#### Derived terms

* atac

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* attacar (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.taˈka(ʁ)/ [a.taˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.taˈka(ʁ)/ [a.taˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.taˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.taˈka(ʁ)/ [a.taˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.taˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɐˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɐˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɐˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧ta‧car

### Verb

atacar (first-person singular present ataco, first-person singular preterite ataquei, past participle atacado)
* to attack (to apply violent force)
    Synonyms: agredir, assaltar, investir
    Fui atacado por um cão.I was attacked by a dog.
* to attack (to aggressively challenge a person or idea)
    Synonyms: criticar, reprovar
    Este artigo ataca a nova teoria.This article attacks the new theory.
* to attack (to deal with something in a direct way)
    O prefeito prometeu atacar a pobreza.The mayor promised to attack poverty.
* (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.
* (of a disease) to strike
    A gripe me ataca todo verão.I am stricken by a cold every summer.
* to eat voraciously
    A pizza cheirava tão bem que ataquei a fatia.The pizza smelled so good that I attacked the slice.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* atacado
* atacador
* atacante
* atacável
* ataque

### Further reading

* “atacar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian attaccare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ataˈkaɾ/ [a.t̪aˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧ta‧car

### Verb

atacar (first-person singular present ataco, first-person singular preterite ataqué, past participle atacado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to attack, to come at
* (transitive, intransitive) to engage (enter into conflicted with)
* (transitive) to assail

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* atacable
* atacador
* atacante
* ataque

### Further reading

* “atacar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10