scampare

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excampāre, variant of *excappāre, a verb based on Late Latin cappa (cloak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skamˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scam‧pà‧re

Verb

scampàre (first-person singular present scàmpo, first-person singular past historic scampài, past participle scampàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to escape [+ a (object) = from] [auxiliary essere]
    scampare a un naufragioto escape from a shipwreck
  2. (transitive) to escape [auxiliary avere]
    scampare la morteto escape death
  3. (intransitive, rare or dialectal) to find refuge [+ a (object) = in/at] [auxiliary essere]
  4. (transitive, rare) to save [auxiliary avere]

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