cozzare

Italian

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *cocia (pate, head), from Latin cochlea (snail); compare coccia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kotˈt͡sa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: coz‧zà‧re

Verb

cozzàre (first-person singular present còzzo, first-person singular past historic cozzài, past participle cozzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to butt (of an animal) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to collide to crash (of vehicles) [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive) to clash [auxiliary avere]
  4. (transitive) to beat, to strike violently
    cozzare la testa nel muroto beat one's head against the wall

Conjugation

References

  1. cozzare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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