sparigliare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ pariglia (pair, couple) +‎ -are.

Verb

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sparigliàre (first-person singular present sparìglio, first-person singular past historic sparigliài, past participle sparigliàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to uncouple, to decouple (horses, etc.)
  2. (transitive or intransitive, card games) to make a trick of cards of (a specified value) along with others of a different value (leaving another card of the specified value unmatched; in the games of scopa or scopone) [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to create confusion or introduce an element of surprise or novelty; to shake up, to unsettle [auxiliary avere]

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