spaccare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spakˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spac‧cà‧re

Etymology 1

From Lombardic *spahhan (to cleave, to split).

Verb

spaccàre (first-person singular present spàcco, first-person singular past historic spaccài, past participle spaccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to break, split
  2. (transitive) to rend
  3. (transitive) to chop
  4. (intransitive, slang) to rock, to be very skillful; to excel
    Quel gruppo spacca!That band rocks!
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From s- + (im)paccare.

Verb

spaccàre (first-person singular present spàcco, first-person singular past historic spaccài, past participle spaccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (rare) to unpack
Conjugation

Further reading

  • spaccare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • spaccare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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