bacchiare
Italian
Etymology
From bacchio (“stick”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bakˈkja.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: bac‧chià‧re
Verb
bacchiàre (first-person singular present bàcchio, first-person singular past historic bacchiài, past participle bacchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to knock down (fruit) (from a tree)
- (figurative, by extension) to beat; to thrash
- (Tuscany) to undersell
- Anna Maria era sul punto di bacchiarla. «La dia a me» le dissi. Pagandole il giusto, beninteso.
- Anna Maria was about to undersell it [the car]. «Give it to me», I said. For a fair price, of course.
Conjugation
Conjugation of bacchiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)