spacciare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From archaic dispacciare (modern disimpacciare), from Franco-Provençal despachar or Old French despechier (modern French dépêcher).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spatˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spac‧cià‧re

Verb

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spacciàre (first-person singular present spàccio, first-person singular past historic spacciài, past participle spacciàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to traffic in (drugs, etc.)
  2. to peddle, push (drugs)
  3. to pass off (something) [with per ‘as (something else)’]
  4. to utter (nonsense, lies, etc.)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • spacciare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • spacciare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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