Incollare

Incollare is an Italian transitive verb meaning to glue or paste, that is, to join two surfaces by applying an adhesive substance. It is used for physical adhesion, such as sticking paper, photos, fabric, or objects to another surface, for example incollare una foto su un album o incollare un poster al muro. The verb can also be used in a broader sense to indicate attaching or affixing something to another item.

Etymology and usage notes: incollare derives from the noun colla (glue) with the suffix -are and the prefix in-, indicating the action of applying glue. The term is commonly preferred over synonyms like attaccare when the emphasis is on the act of applying adhesive rather than merely attaching.

Computing sense: in informatics and digital contexts, incollare is used to mean "to paste" text or data from the clipboard into a document or field. Examples include incollare un testo, incollare un link. In this sense, the word behaves as a standard -are verb with equivalent usage to paste in many user interfaces (paste = incolla; copy = copia; cut = taglia).

Conjugation: incollare follows the regular -are conjugation pattern. Present indicative forms include io incollo, tu incolli, lui/lei incolla, noi incolliamo, voi incollate, loro incollano. The passato prossimo is formed with avere: ho incollato, hai incollato, ha incollato, abbiamo incollato, avete incollato, hanno incollato. Other forms include gerund: incollando; participio passato: incollato; imperative: incolla, incollate.