schienare

Italian

Etymology

From schiena (back) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skjeˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: schie‧nà‧re

Verb

schienàre (first-person singular present schièno or schiéno[1], first-person singular past historic schienài, past participle schienàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, sports) to pin (an opponent) to the ground
  2. (transitive, regional, northern Italy) to evade, to dodge (someone annoying)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ schiena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)