sbrucare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sbrucàre (first-person singular present sbrùco, first-person singular past historic sbrucài, past participle sbrucàto, auxiliary avére) (uncommon)
- (transitive) to tear the leaves from (a plant) by running one's half-closed hand along it
- (transitive, figurative) to partially tear off
- (transitive) Synonym of brucare (“to graze”)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of sbrucàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading
[edit]- sbrucare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana