# atracar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Italian straccare or from Arabic تَرَقَّى (taraqqā, “to advance”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.tɾəˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.tɾaˈkaɾ]

### Verb

atracar (first-person singular present atraco, first-person singular preterite atraquí, past participle atracat)
* (nautical) to moor, berth
    Synonyms: acostar, atansar
* (transitive) to hold up, mug
* (reflexive) to stuff oneself, to cram oneself (de with)
    Synonym: afartar-se

#### Derived terms

* atracada
* atracador
* atracallar
* atracament

### Further reading

* “atracar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Arabic تَرَقَّى (taraqqā, “to advance”), possibly with the a- prefix.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.tɾaˈka(ʁ)/ [a.tɾaˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.tɾaˈka(ʁ)/ [a.tɾaˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.tɾaˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.tɾaˈka(ʁ)/ [a.tɾaˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.tɾaˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɾɐˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɾɐˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɾɐˈka.ɾi/

### Verb

atracar (first-person singular present atraco, first-person singular preterite atraquei, past participle atracado)
* (nautical) to moor, berth

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

* “atracar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “atracar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Arabic تَرَقَّى (taraqqā, “to advance”), possibly with the a- prefix.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /atɾaˈkaɾ/ [a.t̪ɾaˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧tra‧car

### Verb

atracar (first-person singular present atraco, first-person singular preterite atraqué, past participle atracado)
* to assault
* (nautical) to berth, moor
    Synonym: amarrar
** 2023 December 4, Clara Blanchar, Dani Cordero, “Barcelona supera este año los tres millones de cruceristas, y aumentan solo los que hacen escala”, in El País‎:Mientras, los que utilizan Barcelona como puerto base (zarpan o atracan en el puerto), aumentan un 6,6% hasta 1,7 millones.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to rob
* (Chile, colloquial) to make out (kiss, touch erotically)
* (Latin America) to harass
* (Latin America) to beat, bash
* (Caribbean) to park (a car)
* (Latin America) to stuff (eat and drink in excess)
* (Cuba, Costa Rica) to fraud

#### 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

* atracadero
* atracador
* atraco
* atracón
* atraque

#### Descendants

* → Italian: attraccare

### Further reading

* “atracar”, 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
* “atracar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010