Italian edit

Etymology edit

See trito.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /triˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tri‧tà‧re

Verb edit

tritàre (first-person singular present trìto, first-person singular past historic tritài, past participle tritàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to chop, to mince, to dice, to grind, to crush
  2. (transitive, figurative) to smash (to defeat overwhelmingly)
  3. (figurative, poetic) to trample
  4. (archaic or regional) to thresh
  5. (figurative, archaic) to analyze too closely or meticulously

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Further reading edit

  • tritare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • tritare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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