frappare
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frapˈpa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: frap‧pà‧re
Etymology 1
Verb
frappàre (first-person singular present fràppo, first-person singular past historic frappài, past participle frappàto, auxiliary avére)
- (archaic or regional, transitive) to hem (a dress) with ruche
- (archaic or regional, intransitive) to paint or inlay foliage
Conjugation
Conjugation of frappàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French frapper, fraper, or from Vulgar Latin frappāre; both from Frankish *hrapōn (“to jerk; snatch”).
Verb
frappàre (first-person singular present fràppo, first-person singular past historic frappài, past participle frappàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (archaic) to shred, to rip into pieces
- (humorous, figurative) to shred, to destroy, to rip apart, to own (someone)
- (figurative, archaic) to cheat, to deceive
Conjugation
Conjugation of frappàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Descendants
- ⇒ Italian: affrappare
- → English: affrap (obsolete, rare)