appioppare

Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ pioppo +‎ -are.

Verb

appioppàre (first-person singular present appiòppo, first-person singular past historic appioppài, past participle appioppàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, literally) to tie (vines) to poplars
  2. (transitive, literally) to plant (a field) with poplars
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to give (a beating, a punch)
    Synonyms: dare, affibbiare
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to inflict (a fine, an unpleasant task, etc.)
    Synonym: infliggere
  5. (transitive, figuratively) to pin (something) [with a ‘on someone’]; to saddle, to encumber
    appioppare un grande compito a qualcunoto saddle someone with a big task (literally, “to pin a big task on someone”)

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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