ciecare

Italian

Alternative forms

• accecare (from the noun)
• cecare (archaic, regional)

Etymology

From Latin caecare. Compare accecare, cecare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Homophone: cecare
• Hyphenation: cie‧cà‧re

Verb

ciecare

1. (transitive, archaic, regional) to blind

   La luce era così intensa che per un momento è stato cecato

   The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded

2. (transitive, archaic, regional) to darken, to obscure
3. (transitive, archaic, regional) to block, to wall up
4. (transitive, archaic, regional) to countersink

Related terms

• alla cieca (“blindly, gropingly, at random”)
• cecamente, ciecamente (“blindly”)
• cecato (“blind”) (adjective)
• cecità (“blindness”)

• cieco (“blind”) (noun)
• moscacieca, mosca cieca (“blind man's buff”)
• sordocieco (“deafblind”)