acciaccare

Italian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, prefixed with a- and suffixed with -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /at.t͡ʃakˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ac‧ciac‧cà‧re

Verb

acciaccàre (first-person singular present acciàcco, first-person singular past historic acciaccài, past participle acciaccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to crush
  2. (figurative) to weaken

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