Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pi.lukˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pi‧luc‧cà‧re

Verb edit

piluccàre (first-person singular present pilùcco, first-person singular past historic piluccài, past participle piluccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to pick (grapes) one by one (off a bunch, in order to eat them)
  2. (transitive) to pick at, to nibble (food)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to fleece, to cheat (someone) of their money
  4. (transitive, figurative, literary) to torment, to afflict (generally in a gradual, continuous process)

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Further reading edit

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