Also means
attach
Usage Note
Attaccare surprisingly means both 'to attack' and 'to attach/stick'; context decides, as in attaccare un francobollo ('to stick a stamp'). It also means 'to hang up the phone', and attaccare bottone is an idiom for striking up a chat.
Examples
"Il cane vuole attaccare il gatto."
Natural Translation
The dog wants to attack the cat.
Literal Translation
The dog wants to-attack the cat.
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