succhiare
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sūculare, *succulare, from sūcus (“juice, sap, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *suk-.[1] Compare Latin sūgō (“suck”) (< Proto-Indo-European *sug⁽ʰ⁾-), Italian sucare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sukˈkja.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: suc‧chià‧re
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Verb
succhiàre (first-person singular present sùcchio, first-person singular past historic succhiài, past participle succhiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to suck
- Synonym: (literary, archaic) suggere
- (transitive) to absorb (of plants)
- (vulgar, slang) to suck off, to perform fellatio
Conjugation
Conjugation of succhiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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References
Further reading
- succhiare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary