scalpitare
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *scalpitāre, frequentative of Latin scalpere (“to scratch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skal.piˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: scal‧pi‧tà‧re
Verb
scalpitàre (first-person singular present scàlpito, first-person singular past historic scalpitài, past participle scalpitàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to paw (beat the ground with the forefoot) [auxiliary avere] (of a horse)
- (intransitive) to be eager or raring [with per] [auxiliary avere]
- lui scalpita per entrare
- he's eager to enter
- (transitive, archaic) to tread, to trample
- (transitive, archaic) to scorn
Conjugation
Conjugation of scalpitàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)