specchiare
Italian
Etymology
From specchio (“mirror”) + -are. Cf. also Latin speculārī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spekˈkja.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: spec‧chià‧re
Verb
specchiàre (first-person singular present spècchio, first-person singular past historic specchiài, past participle specchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (literary) to reflect
- (historical, Middle Ages) to register (a debtor citizen) in the public register
- (archaic or literary) to observe as if in a mirror
Usage notes
- Most commonly used only in the past participle in the meaning "to reflect".
Conjugation
Conjugation of specchiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)