infrascare

Italian

Etymology

From in- + frasca + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.fraˈska.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧fra‧scà‧re

Verb

infrascàre (first-person singular present infràsco, first-person singular past historic infrascài, past participle infrascàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to prop up or cover with leafy branches
  2. (figurative, by extension, rare) to add superfluous elements
  3. to support (a climbing plant) with a branch, cane, etc.; to stake
    infrascare i pomodorito stake the tomato plants

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Further reading

  • infrascare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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