strisciare
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /striʃˈʃa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: stri‧scià‧re
Verb
strisciàre (first-person singular present strìscio, first-person singular past historic strisciài, past participle strisciàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to rub [with contro ‘against’] [auxiliary avere]
- ho strisciato contro il muro e mi sono impolverato
- I rubbed (myself) against the wall and I got dusty
- (intransitive) to crawl [auxiliary avere]
- l'infante striscia per terra
- the infant crawls on the floor
- (intransitive) to wheedle; to be obsequious; to curry favor [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive) to drag
- Synonyms: trascinare, strascicare, spostare rasoterra, muovere senza sollevare
- strisciare la copertina per il pavimento
- to drag the small blanket about the floor
- (transitive) to scrape; to scratch
- (transitive) to swipe (a credit, debit, etc. card)
- (transitive, rare) to graze, to touch lightly
- (ambitransitive, card games) in the game of tressette, to strike a card against the table to indicate that one has only simple cards of the same suit
Conjugation
Conjugation of strisciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)