estirpare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exstirpāre (to uproot, root out; to eradicate, extirpate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /es.tirˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: e‧stir‧pà‧re

Verb

estirpàre (first-person singular present estìrpo, first-person singular past historic estirpài, past participle estirpàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to uproot, pull up (plants)
  2. (transitive) to extract, pull (teeth)
  3. (transitive) to remove (a tumour, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to eradicate, extirpate

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