salpare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Italian sarpare, from serpe, from Latin serpēns (snake).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /salˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sal‧pà‧re

Verb[edit]

salpàre (first-person singular present sàlpo, first-person singular past historic salpài, past participle salpàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive, nautical) to weigh (anchor)
  2. (transitive, by extension) to recover (a submerged object)
  3. (intransitive, nautical) to set sail [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive, humorous) to leave [auxiliary essere]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: salpar

Further reading[edit]

  • salpare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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