spennare
Italian
Etymology
From s- + penna (“feather”) + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spenˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: spen‧nà‧re
Verb
spennàre (first-person singular present spénno, first-person singular past historic spennài, past participle spennàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to pluck feathers from (a fowl, etc.)
- Synonyms: spennacchiare, spennazzio, spiumare
- (figurative, informal, transitive) to fleece (to strip a lot of money from)
Conjugation
Conjugation of spennàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)