scempiare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From scempio (single) +‎ -are.

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scempiàre (first-person singular present scémpio, first-person singular past historic scempiài, past participle scempiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to make single (something paired, e.g. a doubled thread, a doubled consonant, etc.)
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Etymology 2[edit]

From scempio (destruction, havoc, ruin) +‎ -are.

Verb[edit]

scempiàre (first-person singular present scémpio, first-person singular past historic scempiài, past participle scempiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, uncommon)

  1. to tear apart, to destroy
  2. (figurative) to ruin
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