spicinare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps a derivation from piccino (little, small).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spi.t͡ʃiˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spi‧ci‧nà‧re

Verb

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spicinàre (first-person singular present spìcino or spicìno, first-person singular past historic spicinài, past participle spicinàto, auxiliary avére) (Tuscany, informal)

  1. (transitive) to dice, to fragment
    Synonym: spezzettare
  2. (transitive) to crumble
    Synonym: sbriciolare
  3. (transitive, by extension) to crush
    Synonym: stritolare

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • spicinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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