sfrascare
Italian
Etymology
From s- + frasca (“branch”) + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sfrasˈka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: sfra‧scà‧re
Verb
sfrascàre (first-person singular present sfràsco, first-person singular past historic sfrascài, past participle sfrascàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, forestry) to thin out (a tree; the branches of a tree)
- (transitive, agriculture) to remove (silkworm cocoons) from the branches they were attached to
- (intransitive, zoology, rare) to jump from branch to branch, with associated noise (of a bird, etc.) [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, rare) to rustle (of branches or leaves) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of sfrascàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)