apparecchiare

Italian

Alternative forms

  • parecchiare (dialectal or archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appariculāre.

Verb

apparecchiàre (first-person singular present apparécchio, first-person singular past historic apparecchiài, past participle apparecchiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to arrange; to set (the table)
    Antonym: sparecchiare
  2. (intransitive) to set the table [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive) to prepare
  4. (transitive, textiles, papermaking) to finish (paper or cloth)

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Further reading

  • apparecchiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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