spulciare
Italian
Etymology
From s- + pulce (“flea”) + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spulˈt͡ʃa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: spul‧cià‧re
Verb
spulciàre (first-person singular present spùlcio, first-person singular past historic spulciài, past participle spulciàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) to take out the fleas from, to groom, to deflea
- (transitive) to sift through, to go through, to examine, to eye, to rummage through
Conjugation
Conjugation of spulciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
- spulciatore
- spulciatura