macchiare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *maclāre, from Latin maculāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /makˈkja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: mac‧chià‧re

Verb

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macchiàre (first-person singular present màcchio, first-person singular past historic macchiài, past participle macchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to stain, mark, smear
  2. to blot
  3. to sully, tarnish

Conjugation

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Anagrams

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