zappare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From zappa +‎ -are. Compare French saper, Sicilian zappari, Venetan sapar, Friulian sapâ, Piedmontese sapé, Spanish zapar, Romanian săpa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */d͡zapˈpa.re/, (traditional) */t͡sapˈpa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: zap‧pà‧re

Verb

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zappàre (first-person singular present zàppo, first-person singular past historic zappài, past participle zappàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to hoe
  2. (transitive, figurative) to bang, to hit hard (a piano, etc.)
  3. (transitive, military, historical) to sap, to undermine (a fortification) with a hoe
  4. (intransitive, soccer) to accidentally kick the ground (instead of the ball) [auxiliary avere]
  5. (transitive, vulgar) to have sex with someone

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ zappa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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