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ancorare

to anchor

verb ahn-koh-RAH-reh Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Origin: From ancora (anchor), from Latin ancora, from Greek ankura.

Also means

to moor

Usage Note

Ancorare means to secure a vessel with an anchor (ancorare la barca = to anchor the boat) and figuratively to fix or tie something firmly: ancorare i prezzi all'inflazione (to peg prices to inflation). The reflexive ancorarsi means 'to cling to' something, as in ancorarsi al passato (to cling to the past).

Examples

"L'equipaggio ha ancorato la nave nel porto."

Natural Translation

The crew anchored the ship in the harbour.

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