sparecchiare
Italian
Etymology
From s- + apparecchiare.
Verb
sparecchiàre (first-person singular present sparécchio, first-person singular past historic sparecchiài, past participle sparecchiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to clear (the table)
- Antonym: apparecchiare
- (transitive, figurative, often hyperbolic) to clear away, to eat up (all the food served)
- (transitive, by extension, uncommon) to wolf down, to eat greedily and in large quantities
Conjugation
Further reading
- sparecchiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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