truccare
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trukˈka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: truc‧cà‧re
Etymology 1
Verb
truccàre (first-person singular present trùcco, first-person singular past historic truccài, past participle truccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to soup up (a car, an engine)
- to fix, to rig (a game, an election, etc.)
- truccare una partita di calcio
- to rig a soccer game
- to alter the appearance or function of (something) in order to deceive others; to tamper with, to manipulate
- Synonyms: manomettere, alterare, falsificare, manipolare
- truccare le carte da gioco ― to mark the playing cards
- truccare i dadi ― to load the dice
- truccare un'auto ― to soup up a car
- truccare i risultati di un'inchiesta
- to tamper with the results of an investigation
- to temporarily improve the physical appearance of; to make up
- Synonym: imbellettare
- truccare le labbra col rossetto ― to make up one's lips with lipstick
- truccare la modella per la sfilata ― to make up the model for the fashion show
- to make (someone) look different; to disguise
- Synonyms: camuffare, travestire, mascherare
- truccare l'attore da vecchio ― to disguise the actor as an old man
Conjugation
Conjugation of truccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
References
- truccare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
From Occitan trucar (“hit strike”), from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre.
Alternative forms
- trucchiare, trucciare (archaic)
Verb
truccàre (first-person singular present trùcco, first-person singular past historic truccài, past participle truccàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive, billiards, bocce) to knock away the opponent's ball with one's own
- (transitive, uncommon) to cheat (someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of truccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
References
- truccare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana