fiaccare
Italian
Etymology
From fiacc(o) (“exhaust, weary”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix). Compare Sicilian ciaccari.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjakˈka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: fiac‧cà‧re
Verb
fiaccàre (first-person singular present fiàcco, first-person singular past historic fiaccài, past participle fiaccàto, auxiliary avére or (in the archaic intransitive meaning) èssere)
- (transitive) to weary, to exhaust, to weaken, to sap
- Synonym: indebolire
- (transitive) to break by bending
- (transitive) to bruise
- (intransitive, archaic) to slacken, to weaken [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of fiaccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1In the archaic intransitive meaning.