impiccare
Italian
Etymology
From im- + *pikk- (“point, hook”, onomatopoeic) + -are.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.pikˈka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: im‧pic‧cà‧re
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Verb
impiccàre (first-person singular present impìcco, first-person singular past historic impiccài, past participle impiccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to hang (kill by the neck)
- (by extension, rare) to hang (something) (up on something else)
- (hyperbolic) to choke or suffocate
- to saddle (someone) with difficulties
Conjugation
Conjugation of impiccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)