incavalcare

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Italian

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, in- +‎ cavalcare. Corresponds to Vulgar Latin *incaballicāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.ka.valˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧ca‧val‧cà‧re

Verb

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incavalcàre (first-person singular present incavàlco, first-person singular past historic incavalcài, past participle incavalcàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to overlap
    Synonyms: accavallare, sovrapporre
  2. to accumulate
    Synonyms: accumulare, ammucchiare
  3. to wear (glasses)
    Synonyms: inforcare, indossare, mettersi
    • 1928, Giacomo Leopardi, “Dialogo della Moda e della Morte”, in Operette morali:
      Dovresti sapere che ho mala vista, e che non posso usare occhiali, perché gl'inglesi non ne fanno che mi valgano, e quando ne facessero, io non avrei dove me gl'incavalcassi.
      You should know that I have bad eyesight, and that I cannot use glasses, because the English don't make any that I fit, and when they did, I would have nowhere to wear them.
  4. to ride (a mount, a bike)
    Synonyms: cavalcare, montare
  5. (military) to mount (a gun) on its carriage
    Antonym: discavalcare
  6. (knitting) to pass (a stitch) over
    Synonym: accavallare
  7. (reflexive) See incavalcarsi.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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