piluccare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
piluccàre (first-person singular present pilùcco, first-person singular past historic piluccài, past participle piluccàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to pick (grapes) one by one (off a bunch, in order to eat them)
- (transitive) to pick at, to nibble (food)
- (transitive, figurative) to fleece, to cheat (someone) of their money
- (transitive, figurative, literary) to torment, to afflict (generally in a gradual, continuous process)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of piluccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- piluccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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