spellare
Italian
Etymology
From s- + pelle (“skin”) + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spelˈla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: spel‧là‧re
Verb
spellàre (first-person singular present spèllo, first-person singular past historic spellài, past participle spellàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to skin, to flay (a rabbit, etc.)
- (transitive) to skin (a knee, etc.)
- (transitive, figurative, informal) to fleece (a client)
- (transitive, figurative, informal) to flay, to ill-treat
Conjugation
Conjugation of spellàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)