Occasional aim to grasp word, Italian (12)
I believe the answer is:
intermittent
'occasional' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'aim to grasp word italian' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'word' could be 'term' (term is a kind of word) and 'term' is present in the answer.
'italian' could be 'it' (abbreviation for Italian) and 'it' is found within the answer.
'aim' could be 'intent' (synonyms) and 'intent' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
(Other definitions for intermittent that I've seen before include "Occasional" , "Occurring irregularly" , "Occurring at intervals" , "On-and-off" , "Not continuous or steady" .)