Italian

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Etymology

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From balestra +‎ -are.

Verb

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balestràre (first-person singular present balèstro, first-person singular past historic balestrài, past participle balestràto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (rare) to shoot with a crossbow
  2. (by extension) to throw
  3. (figurative) to send away
  4. (figurative) to afflict, to persecute
  5. (nautical) to recover the slack of (a cable already in tension)

Conjugation

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