lui scatta

take (a photo), dash, spring forward, click into action, go off

→ scattare
scatt to take (a photo) + a 2nd-person singular imperative / 3rd-person singular present
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #37,094
take (a photo)
IT: Scatta una foto.
EN: Take a photo.
dash, spring forward
IT: Il cane scatta verso la porta.
EN: The dog dashes toward the door.
click into action, go off
IT: A volte mi scatta qualcosa nella testa.
EN: Sometimes something clicks in my head.
Conjugation of scattare
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third scatta —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second scatta —

Scatta una foto per me.

Take a photo for me.

— The Mermaid (2016)

Avanti, scatta.

Go ahead, shoot.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Scatta!

Shoot!

— Il favoloso mondo di Amélie (2001)

Scatta una foto.

Take a photo.

— American Gangster (2007)

Senna scatta in avanti, ma è Alain Prost a prendere il comando!

Senna surges forward, but it's Alain Prost who takes the lead!

— Senna (2010)

Forse gli scatta qualcosa nella testa.

Maybe something clicks in his head.

— Bugonia (2025)