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spetrare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From s- (privative prefix) +‎ petra (stone, alternative form of pietra) +‎ -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /speˈtra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spe‧trà‧re

Verb

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This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

spetràre (first-person singular present spètro, first-person singular past historic spetrài, past participle spetràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, obsolete or literary) to soften

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • spetrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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