attacca

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/əˈtɑːkə//əˈtækə/

adverb

Without any break between the current movement and the next movement of the work.

“They played the remaining sections attacca.”

OriginItalian attaccare ← Middle French destacher ← Old French destachier →
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Meanings

adverbattacca (not comparable)
  1. not comparableentertainmentWithout any break between the current movement and the next movement of the work.

    They played the remaining sections attacca.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Italiana-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindis-
  11. Old Frenchdes-
  12. Old Frenchatachier
  13. Old Frenchdestachier
  14. Middle Frenchdestacher
  15. Italiandistaccare
  16. Italianstaccare
  17. Italianattaccare
  18. Englishattacca

Borrowed from Italian attaccare (“to attach”).

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attacca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attacca

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“attacca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attacca. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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