inscatolare

Italian

Etymology

From in- + scatola (box) + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.ska.toˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧sca‧to‧là‧re

Verb

inscatolàre (first-person singular present inscàtolo, first-person singular past historic inscatolài, past participle inscatolàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to box, to pack
    • 1976, “I Want To Know”, performed by Adriano Celentano:
      Come fa la gente / A concepire / Di poter vivere / Nelle case d'oggi / Inscatolati come le acciughe
      How do people manage / To conceive / Of being able to live / In today's houses / Packed like anchovies
  2. (transitive) to can (fruit, etc.)

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