zompare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Neapolitan zompare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */t͡somˈpa.re/, */d͡zomˈpa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: zom‧pà‧re

Verb

zompàre (first-person singular present zómpo, first-person singular past historic zompài, past participle zompàto, auxiliary èssere or avére) (regional)

  1. to jump
    Synonyms: saltare, saltellare

Conjugation

  • According to Treccani, the auxiliary is essere, but according to Hoepli, it is avere. According to Garzanti, both are possible.

References

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

Further reading

  • zompare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • zompare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • zompare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [t͡sumˈba]

Verb

zompare

  1. to jump
  2. to run around
  3. to get out of bed

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 430: “saltare” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “zompare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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