nchiaccare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• nguacchiare, nguacciare, nquacchiare, gnaccare
• nchiaccà, nguacchià, nguaccià, nquacchià, gnaccà (alt. spellings)

Etymology

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Verb

nchiaccare

1. to soil, make dirty

   (by extension) to scribble, write sloppily

References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “nchiaccare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano