brocciare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]brocciàre (first-person singular present bròccio, first-person singular past historic brocciài, past participle brocciàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, mechanics) to broach (a hole) (to enlarge and finish with a broach)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of brocciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Old French brocher.
Verb
[edit]brocciàre (first-person singular present bròccio, first-person singular past historic brocciài, past participle brocciàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, archaic)
- to spur (a horse)
- c. 1200, various authors, “XXX”, in La leggenda di Tristano:
- […] [V]ide che Pallamides s’iera partito e andato via. E Tristano broccia lo cavallo e tiene dietro a Pallamides ed ebelo giunto in un bello prato e dissegli: «Pallamides, guardati da me, ch’io ti disfido, e sappie ch’io sono lo cavaliere che tu trovasti nela corte delo re Languis. […] »
- He saw that Pallamides had left and gone away. And Tristano spurs the horse and chases Pallamides and having reached him he told him: "Pallamides, watch out from me, because I don't trust you [or 'I challenge you'], and know that I'm the knight you met at King Languis' court. […] "
- (figurative) to incite
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of brocciàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)