masticare

See also: masticaré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin masticāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, I grind the teeth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.stiˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ma‧sti‧cà‧re

Verb

masticàre (first-person singular present màstico, first-person singular past historic masticài, past participle masticàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to chew
  2. (transitive) to crunch
  3. (transitive, figurative) to smatter (of languages)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

masticāre

  1. inflection of masticō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From mastica + -re.

Noun

masticare f (plural masticări)

  1. mastication

Declension

Spanish

Verb

masticare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of masticar
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