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)

  1. to hang (kill by the neck)
  2. (by extension, rare) to hang (something) (up on something else)
  3. (hyperbolic) to choke or suffocate
  4. to saddle (someone) with difficulties

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References

  1. ^ impiccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.

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