stancare

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Related to French étancher, possibly reflecting a Vulgar Latin *stanticāre, from Latin stans, stantis (standing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stanˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stan‧cà‧re

Verb

stancàre (first-person singular present stànco, first-person singular past historic stancài, past participle stancàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to tire, to fatigue
  2. to weaken (an opponent)
  3. to bore, to annoy
  4. (agriculture) to deplete (the soil)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • stancare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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