varcare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vāricāre, from vāricus. Cf. also the doublet valicare.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /varˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: var‧cà‧re

Verb[edit]

varcàre (first-person singular present vàrco, first-person singular past historic varcài, past participle varcàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to cross, pass
    Synonyms: attraversare, superare
  2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to exceed, overstep (go beyond)
    Synonyms: oltrepassare, superare un limite
  3. (transitive, literary) to bring or transport somewhere
  4. (transitive) to be over (of age)
  5. (transitive, archaic or literary) to extend from edge to edge
  6. (transitive, intransitive, archaic or literary) to move through water
  7. (intransitive, archaic or literary) to go by [auxiliary essere] (of time)

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