treccare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *triccāre, present infinitive of *triccō, from Late Latin trīcāre, from Latin trīcārī (to behave evasively; to play tricks), derived from trīcae (trumpery).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /trekˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: trec‧cà‧re

Verb[edit]

treccàre (first-person singular present trécco, first-person singular past historic treccài, past participle treccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, Tuscan) to cheat, to scheme [auxiliary avere]

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Further reading[edit]

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