azzeccare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German zecken. Compare dialectal German zecken (to tease) and Luxembourgish zecken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ad.d͡zekˈka.re/, (traditional) /at.t͡sekˈka.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: az‧zec‧cà‧re

Verb

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azzeccàre (first-person singular present azzécco, first-person singular past historic azzeccài, past participle azzeccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to hit, strike (a target, etc.)
    Synonyms: imbroccare, centrare
    ho azzeccato il centro del bersaglioI hit the center of the target
  2. to guess, to hazard
    Synonyms: indovinare, cogliere, riuscire, capire, imbroccare
    sono riuscito ad azzeccare la risposta esatta
    I managed to guess the right answer
  3. (slang) to question someone's intelligence
  4. (rare) to give through deceit; to deceive

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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  • azzeccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • azzeccare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Tarantino

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Verb

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azzeccare

  1. to hit or strike (a target)
  2. to guess or hazard

Conjugation

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