fracassare
Appearance
See also: fracassaré
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fra-, shortening of Latin īnfrā, and cassare (“to break”), from Latin quassāre (“to shake”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fracassàre (first-person singular present fracàsso, first-person singular past historic fracassài, past participle fracassàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to smash, to shatter
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of fracassàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.