atracar

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

atracar (first-person singular present atraco, past participle atracat)

1. (nautical) to moor, berth

   Synonyms: acostar, atansar

2. (transitive) to hold up, mug
3. (reflexive) to stuff oneself, to cram oneself (de with)

   Synonym: afartar-se

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

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

atracar (first-person singular present atraco, first-person singular preterite atraquei, past participle atracado)

1. (nautical) to moor, berth
2. inflection of atracar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

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

• IPA^(key): /atɾaˈkaɾ/ [a.t̪ɾaˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧tra‧car

atracar (first-person singular present atraco, first-person singular preterite atraqué, past participle atracado)

1. to assault
2. (nautical) to berth, moor
3. to rob
4. (Chile, colloquial) to make out (kiss, touch erotically)
5. (Latin America) to harass
6. (Latin America) to beat, bash
7. (Caribbean) to park (a car)
8. (Latin America) to stuff (eat and drink in excess)
9. (Cuba, Costa Rica) to fraud

• → Italian: attraccare

• “atracar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014