sputacchiare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sputare (to spit) +‎ -acchiare (verbal derivational suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /spu.takˈkja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spu‧tac‧chià‧re

Verb[edit]

sputacchiàre (first-person singular present sputàcchio, first-person singular past historic sputacchiài, past participle sputacchiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to spit often or continuously (e.g. when smoking a cigar) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to sputter [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive) to spit on (someone)

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