Italian edit

Etymology edit

With a shift in conjugation, from Latin carpere (to pick; to tear off).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /karˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: car‧pà‧re

Verb edit

  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

carpàre (first-person singular present càrpo, first-person singular past historic carpài, past participle carpàto, auxiliary avére) (obsolete)

  1. (transitive) to grab
    Synonyms: afferrare, carpire
  2. (intransitive) to move on all fours

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • carpare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Verb edit

carpāre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of carpō