spiegare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin explicāre. Doublet of esplicare, which was borrowed. Compare Albanian shpjegoj.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]spiegàre (first-person singular present spiègo or spiégo, first-person singular past historic spiegài, past participle spiegàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to explain, elucidate, expound, show, account, understand
- Synonyms: delucidare, illustrare, motivare, chiarire, dire, capire
- (transitive) to unfold, spread, open out, lay out, unfurl
- Synonyms: distendere, aprire
- Antonym: piegare
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of spiegàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Related terms
References
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- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian doublets
- Italian 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian transitive verbs
- Italian terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/