zappare

Italian

Etymology

From zappa + -are. Compare French saper, Sicilian zappari, Venetian sapar, Friulian sapâ, Piedmontese sapé, Spanish zapar, Romanian săpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */d͡zapˈpa.re/, (traditional) */t͡sapˈpa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: zap‧pà‧re

Verb

zappàre (first-person singular present zàppo, first-person singular past historic zappài, past participle zappàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to hoe
  2. (transitive, figurative) to bang, to hit hard (a piano, etc.)
  3. (transitive, military, historical) to sap, to undermine (a fortification) with a hoe
  4. (intransitive, soccer) to accidentally kick the ground (instead of the ball) [auxiliary avere]
  5. (transitive, vulgar) to have sex with someone

Conjugation

References

  1. zappa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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