scottare

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excoctāre, derived from Latin excoctus, perfect passive participle of excoquō (“to boil; to melt; to dry up”), derived from coquō (“to cook”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skotˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scot‧tà‧re

Verb

scottàre (first-person singular present scòtto, first-person singular past historic scottài, past participle scottàto, auxiliary (in most meanings) avére or (in the intransitive meaning "to hurt, to pain") èssere)

  1. (transitive) to scorch, to singe, to burn, to scald
    il sole scotta la pelle ― the sun burns the skin
  2. (transitive, by extension, cooking) to boil or fry briefly, to parboil or blanch (meat or vegetables)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to deeply irritate; to insult; to offend
    Synonyms: insultare, offendere
    quella battuta mi ha davvero scottato
    that joke really insulted me
  4. (intransitive) to burn, to be hot [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: bruciare
    il fornello scotta ― the burner is hot
  5. (intransitive, hyperbolic, by extension) to be excessively hot, especially because of a fever [auxiliary avere] (of a person or body part)
    quel bambino scotta ― that boy is (excessively) hot
  6. (intransitive, figurative) to be of interest, to interest [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: interessare
    domande che scottano ― burning questions
  7. (intransitive) to be precarious or in jeopardy [auxiliary avere]
    la cattedra scotta
    the professorship is precarious
  8. (intransitive, figurative) to hurt, to pain, to provoke displeasure [with a] [auxiliary essere]
    talvota la verità scotta
    the truth hurts sometimes
  9. (intransitive, slang) to be hot, to be stolen (of illegally obtained goods) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of scottàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive scottàre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund scottàndo
present participle scottànte past participle scottàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present scòtto scòtti scòtta scottiàmo scottàte scòttano
imperfect scottàvo scottàvi scottàva scottavàmo scottavàte scottàvano
past historic scottài scottàsti scottò scottàmmo scottàste scottàrono
future scotterò scotterài scotterà scotterémo scotteréte scotterànno
conditional scotterèi scotterésti scotterèbbe, scotterébbe scotterémmo scotteréste scotterèbbero, scotterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present scòtti scòtti scòtti scottiàmo scottiàte scòttino
imperfect scottàssi scottàssi scottàsse scottàssimo scottàste scottàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
scòtta scòtti scottiàmo scottàte scòttino
negative imperative non scottàre non scòtti non scottiàmo non scottàte non scòttino

1In most meanings.
2In the intransitive meaning "to hurt, to pain".

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