sterzare
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sterˈt͡sa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ster‧zà‧re
Etymology 1
From sterzo (“steering wheel”) + -are.
Verb
sterzàre (first-person singular present stèrzo, first-person singular past historic sterzài, past participle sterzàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive or intransitive, automotive) to steer [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, automotive, also figurative) to swerve [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of sterzàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
Etymology 2
From s- + terzo (“third”) + -are.
Verb
sterzàre (first-person singular present stèrzo, first-person singular past historic sterzài, past participle sterzàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (archaic) to divide by three
- (archaic, historical) to compute (a tax) by averaging the three median proposals
- to decrease by one third
- (forestry) to thin out (a forest)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sterzàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)