scalpitare

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *scalpitāre, frequentative of Latin scalpere (to scratch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skal.piˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scal‧pi‧tà‧re

Verb

scalpitàre (first-person singular present scàlpito, first-person singular past historic scalpitài, past participle scalpitàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to paw (beat the ground with the forefoot) [auxiliary avere] (of a horse)
  2. (intransitive) to be eager or raring [+ per (object)] [auxiliary avere]
    lui scalpita per entrare
    he's eager to enter
  3. (transitive, archaic) to tread, to trample
  4. (transitive, archaic) to scorn

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