sfracassare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From s- +‎ fracassare.

Verb

sfracassare

  1. to smash, shatter
    • 1635, Pentamerone IV.5,[1]
      no dragone, che [] co la coda sfracassa (a dragon, which [] smashes with its tail)
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References

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “sfracassare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano[2]