mparare

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Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian imparare.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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mparare

  1. to teach
    Synonym: nzegnare
    Primma t' aggi' a mparà e pò t' aggi' a perdere.
    First I must teach you [the trade] and then I must lose you.
  2. to learn

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 767: “insegnare; insegna 3” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “mparare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano