costipare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cōnstīpāre (to crowd or press closely together).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.stiˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: co‧sti‧pà‧re

Verb

costipàre (first-person singular present costìpo, first-person singular past historic costipài, past participle costipàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to gather, to cram together (e.g. the public)
  2. (transitive, medicine) to constipate, to cause constipation in (e.g. one's stomach)
  3. (transitive) to compact (especially soil)

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