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sacrare

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin sacrāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saˈkra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sa‧crà‧re

Verb

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sacràre (first-person singular present sàcro, first-person singular past historic sacrài, past participle sacràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (rare, literary, transitive) to consecrate
  2. (rare, literary, by extension, transitive) to dedicate solemnly
  3. (archaic, transitive) to offer as a sacrifice
  4. (colloquial) to swear, to blaspheme

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • sacrare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • sacrare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • sacrare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

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Verb

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sacrāre

  1. inflection of sacrō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative