sconocchiare

Italian

Verb

sconocchiàre (first-person singular present sconòcchio, first-person singular past historic sconocchiài, past participle sconocchiàto, auxiliary avére) (uncommon, transitive)

  1. (textiles) to spin out (thread) (from the distaff)
  2. (Tuscan, figurative) to eat greedily, to devour
  3. (Tuscan, northern Italy) to weaken, to reduce to misery

Conjugation

  • sconocchiatura

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