abbarcare
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom a- + barca (“boat”) + -are.
Verb
editabbarcàre (first-person singular present abbàrco, first-person singular past historic abbarcài, past participle abbarcàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to bend sheets and planks of wood (using steam) in order to construct the hull of a ship
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of abbarcàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom a- + barca (“haystack; bunch”) + -are.
Verb
editabbarcàre (first-person singular present abbàrco, first-person singular past historic abbarcài, past participle abbarcàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to amass
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of abbarcàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading
edit- abbarcare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana