arricciare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a- + riccio + -are. Compare Spanish rizar, Portuguese riçar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]arricciàre (first-person singular present arrìccio, first-person singular past historic arricciài, past participle arricciàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to curl (hair, a mustache, leaves, etc.)
- (transitive) to curl, to crinkle (one's lips or nose) (to show disgust)
- (transitive) to raise (the fur) (of animals showing anger or fear)
- (transitive, construction) to render (a wall) (to cover with plaster)
- (intransitive) to become curly [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, figurative, uncommon) to stand on end (of hair or fur) [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, archaic) to become indignant [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, archaic) to become frightened [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of arricciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
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- Italian terms prefixed with a-
- Italian terms suffixed with -are
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary
- Italian transitive verbs
- it:Construction
- Italian intransitive verbs
- Italian terms with uncommon senses
- Italian terms with archaic senses
- it:Hair