scalpitare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *scalpitāre, frequentative of Latin scalpere (“to scratch”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
scalpitàre (first-person singular present scàlpito, first-person singular past historic scalpitài, past participle scalpitàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to paw (beat the ground with the forefoot) [auxiliary avere] (of a horse)
- (intransitive) to be eager or raring [+ per (object)] [auxiliary avere]
- lui scalpita per entrare
- he's eager to enter
- (transitive, archaic) to tread, to trample
- (transitive, archaic) to scorn
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of scalpitàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)