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zompare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Neapolitan zompare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */t͡somˈpa.re/, */d͡zomˈpa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: zom‧pà‧re

Verb

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zompàre (first-person singular present zómpo, first-person singular past historic zompài, past participle zompàto, auxiliary èssere or avére) (regional)

  1. to jump
    Synonyms: saltare, saltellare

Conjugation

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  • According to Treccani, the auxiliary is essere, but according to Hoepli, it is avere. According to Garzanti, both are possible.

References

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

Further reading

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  • zompare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • zompare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • zompare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [t͡sumˈba]

Verb

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zompare

  1. to jump
  2. to run around
  3. to get out of bed

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 430: “saltare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “zompare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano