Italian edit

Etymology edit

From im- +‎ *pikk- (point, hook, onomatopoeic) +‎ -are.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /im.pikˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: im‧pic‧cà‧re
  • (file)

Verb edit

impiccàre (first-person singular present impìcco, first-person singular past historic impiccài, past participle impiccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to hang (kill by the neck)
  2. (by extension, rare) to hang (something) (up on something else)
  3. (hyperbolic) to choke or suffocate
  4. to saddle (someone) with difficulties

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ impiccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.

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