stecchire

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /stekˈki.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: stec‧chì‧re

Verb[edit]

stecchìre (first-person singular present stecchìsco, first-person singular past historic stecchìi, past participle stecchìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) to dry up and wither (of plants or people) [auxiliary essere]
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to cause (plants, people) to dry up and wither
  3. (transitive, figurative) to knock dead, to kill with a single blow

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