ammaccare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin *maccāre (“bruise, batter, crush”), of unknown origin, possibly onomatopoeic.[1] However, compare marculus (“small hammer”), and massa (“bulk, mass”), which influenced the development of Portuguese amassar (“knead, mold, form”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ammaccàre (first-person singular present ammàcco, first-person singular past historic ammaccài, past participle ammaccàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to dent
- (transitive) to bruise
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of ammaccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)