sfracassare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• sfracassà (alt. spelling)

Etymology

From s- +‎ fracassare.

Verb

sfracassare

1. to smash, shatter
   • 1635, Pentamerone IV.5,^[1]

     no dragone, che […] co la coda sfracassa (a dragon, which […] smashes with its tail)

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References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “sfracassare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano