Italian edit

Etymology edit

From s- +‎ apparecchiare.

Verb edit

sparecchiàre (first-person singular present sparécchio, first-person singular past historic sparecchiài, past participle sparecchiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to clear (the table)
    Antonym: apparecchiare
  2. (transitive, figurative, often hyperbolic) to clear away, to eat up (all the food served)
  3. (transitive, by extension, uncommon) to wolf down, to eat greedily and in large quantities

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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

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