spaccare
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spakˈka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: spac‧cà‧re
Etymology 1
From Lombardic *spahhan (“to cleave, to split”).
Verb
spaccàre (first-person singular present spàcco, first-person singular past historic spaccài, past participle spaccàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to break, split
- (transitive) to rend
- (transitive) to chop
- (intransitive, slang) to rock, to be very skillful; to excel
- Quel gruppo spacca! ― That band rocks!
Conjugation
Conjugation of spaccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
Etymology 2
From s- + (im)paccare.
Verb
spaccàre (first-person singular present spàcco, first-person singular past historic spaccài, past participle spaccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (rare) to unpack
Conjugation
Conjugation of spaccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- spaccare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- spaccare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana