ammaccare
Italian
Etymology
From Latin *maccāre (“bruise, batter, crush”), of unknown origin, possibly onomatopoeic.[1] However, compare marculus (“small hammer”), and massa (“bulk, mass”), which influenced the development of Portuguese amassar (“knead, mold, form”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /am.makˈka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: am‧mac‧cà‧re
Verb
ammaccàre (first-person singular present ammàcco, first-person singular past historic ammaccài, past participle ammaccàto, auxiliary avére)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ammaccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)