crepantare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

  • crepantà (alt. spelling)
  • cripintare (Taranto)
  • scrapentare (Calabria)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *crepantāre. Related to, but unlikely to derive from, the Spanish quebrantar.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [krəpanˈda]?

Verb

crepantare

  1. break, burst, crack
  2. disagree

References

  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “crepantà”, in Schedario Napoletano
  • Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 99[1]
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