Italian edit

Etymology edit

From bacchio (stick) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bakˈkja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: bac‧chià‧re

Verb edit

bacchiàre (first-person singular present bàcchio, first-person singular past historic bacchiài, past participle bacchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to knock down (fruit) (from a tree)
  2. (figurative, by extension) to beat; to thrash
  3. (Tuscany) to undersell
    Anna Maria era sul punto di bacchiarla. «La dia a me» le dissi. Pagandole il giusto, beninteso.
    Anna Maria was about to undersell it [the car]. «Give it to me», I said. For a fair price, of course.

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