Italian edit

Etymology edit

Either Borrowed from Ligurian assuccâ (to catch)[1] or from a- +‎ Ligurian sùcca (pumpkin) +‎ -are.[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /as.sukˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: as‧suc‧cà‧re

Verb edit

assuccàre (first-person singular present assùcco, first-person singular past historic assuccài, past participle assuccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (nautical) to tighten (e.g. a rope)
  2. (nautical) to frap (several objects) (to tie them tightly with several turns of a lashing)

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References edit

  1. ^ assuccare in internazionale.it – Dizionario Italiano di Internazionale – Il Nuovo di Mauro.
  2. ^ assuccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.