picchiare
Italian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, related to picca, piccare.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pikˈkja.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: pic‧chià‧re
Verb
picchiàre (first-person singular present pìcchio, first-person singular past historic picchiài, past participle picchiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to beat, to hit, to thrash, to hammer
- Synonyms: percuotere, battere
- (transitive) to strike, to bang, to pat, to tap
- (intransitive) to beat, to knock, to thump, to tap, to bang [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to insist [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: insistere
- (intransitive) to pound, throb [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of picchiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ picchiare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana