squartare
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *exquārtāre, from Latin quārtus (“fourth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skwarˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: squar‧tà‧re
Verb
squartàre (first-person singular present squàrto, first-person singular past historic squartài, past participle squartàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to quarter, to divide into quarters (also in reference to people; see draw and quarter)
- (transitive) to butcher (an slaughtered animal), to divide into pieces
Conjugation
Conjugation of squartàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)