Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dīvāricāre (to spread out), from vāricus (straddling), from vārus (bent outwards, bandy-legged).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.va.riˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧va‧ri‧cà‧re

Verb

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divaricàre (first-person singular present divàrico, first-person singular past historic divaricài, past participle divaricàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to open (wide)
  2. to splay

Conjugation

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Latin

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Verb

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dīvāricāre

  1. inflection of dīvāricō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative