spruzzare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle High German sprützen (“to squirt”), from Old High German spruzzen, spruzzjan, from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną (“to come out, to spring forth”). Cognate to German spritzen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spruzzàre (first-person singular present sprùzzo, first-person singular past historic spruzzài, past participle spruzzàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of spruzzàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Further reading edit
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “spruzzare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati