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)

  1. (transitive) to quarter, to divide into quarters (also in reference to people; see draw and quarter)
  2. (transitive) to butcher (an slaughtered animal), to divide into pieces

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