Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin futuere (to fuck), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (to hit).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfot.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -ottere
  • Hyphenation: fót‧te‧re

Verb

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fóttere (first-person singular present fótto, first-person singular past historic fottéi, past participle fottùto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (vulgar) to fuck
    Synonym: scopare
  2. (figurative, vulgar, slang) to pinch, to swipe, to steal
    Synonym: chiavare
  3. (figurative, vulgar, slang) to screw, to dupe, to trick, to con; to fuck over
    Synonym: trombare

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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