scoppiettare
Italian
Etymology
From scoppietto (“hand cannon”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skop.pjetˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: scop‧piet‧tà‧re
Verb
scoppiettàre (first-person singular present scoppiétto, first-person singular past historic scoppiettài, past participle scoppiettàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- to crackle or spit [auxiliary avere]
- to follow one after another [auxiliary avere]
- a tavola scoppiettavano le freddure
- at the table, there was one quip after another
Conjugation
Conjugation of scoppiettàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)