picchettare
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Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From piccare + -ettare, or from picchetto (“stake”) + -are.
Verb
[edit]picchettàre (first-person singular present picchétto, first-person singular past historic picchettài, past participle picchettàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, surveying) to delimit with pickets or stakes, to stake out (an area of land, a field, a road, etc.)
- (transitive) to stake (a tent)
- (transitive) to pink (fabric), to cut a zigzag edge in
- (transitive, uncommon) to spot, to fleck
- Synonym: picchiettare
- (transitive, uncommon, nautical) to tap (the hull of a ship) with a small hammer to remove rust, barnacles, etc.
- Synonym: picchiettare
- (intransitive, music) to tap out staccato notes witih the bow [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, cooking) to stuff (meat) with lard, rosemary, garlic, etc. for flavoring
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of picchettàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Etymology 2
[edit]From picchetto (“group of picketing workers”) + -are.
Verb
[edit]picchettàre (first-person singular present picchétto, first-person singular past historic picchettài, past participle picchettàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to picket (a workplace)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of picchettàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/4 syllables
- Italian terms suffixed with -ettare
- Italian terms suffixed with -are
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian transitive verbs
- it:Surveying
- Italian terms with uncommon senses
- it:Nautical
- Italian intransitive verbs
- it:Music
- it:Cooking