tastare

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See also: tastaré

Italian

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *tastāre, from taxitāre, frequentative of Late Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō, from Classical Latin tangō (I touch). Compare Catalan tastar, Occitan tastar, Old French taster, Friulian tastâ, Venetian tastar, Sicilian tastari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ta‧stà‧re

Verb

tastàre (first-person singular present tàsto, first-person singular past historic tastài, past participle tastàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to feel
  2. (transitive) to grope, to cop a feel
  3. (transitive) to test, to probe by feel
  4. (transitive, Tuscan) to taste

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