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)
- (transitive) to shorten
- Synonym: accorciare
- (transitive, art) to foreshorten
- (transitive, figurative) to portray incisively
- (intransitive, rare) to appear foreshortened [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- scorciare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Neapolitan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excurtiāre.
Pronunciation
- (Naples) IPA(key): [ʃkurˈt͡ʃa]
Derived terms
References
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “scorciare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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