scorciare

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excurtiāre, from Latin curtus. Compare Catalan escurçar.

Verb

scorciàre (first-person singular present scórcio, first-person singular past historic scorciài, past participle scorciàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to shorten
    Synonym: accorciare
  2. (transitive, art) to foreshorten
  3. (transitive, figurative) to portray incisively
  4. (intransitive, rare) to appear foreshortened [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excurtiāre.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ʃkurˈt͡ʃa]

Verb

scorciare

  1. to shorten

Derived terms

References

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “scorciare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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