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)

  1. to remove, take or take down (from)
  2. to tear out (pages from a book)
  3. to separate or divide
  4. to unyoke or unharness (draught animals)
  5. to uncouple (a train)
  6. to distance or leave behind (a runner etc)
  7. 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

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