beccucchiare

Italian

Etymology

From beccare (to peck) +‎ -ucchiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bek.kukˈkja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: bec‧cuc‧chià‧re

Verb

beccucchiàre (first-person singular present beccùcchio, first-person singular past historic beccucchiài, past participle beccucchiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to peck (e.g. food) around in small quantities

Conjugation

Further reading

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