tritare

Italian

Etymology

See trito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /triˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tri‧tà‧re

Verb

tritàre (first-person singular present trìto, first-person singular past historic tritài, past participle tritàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to chop, to mince, to dice, to grind, to crush
  2. (transitive, figurative) to smash (to defeat overwhelmingly)
  3. (figurative, poetic) to trample
  4. (archaic or regional) to thresh
  5. (figurative, archaic) to analyze too closely or meticulously

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • tritare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • tritare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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