Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin imbricāre.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /em.briˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: em‧bri‧cà‧re

Verb edit

embricàre (first-person singular present émbrico or èmbrico[1], first-person singular past historic embricài, past participle embricàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to cover with roof tiles
  2. (figurative) to overlap in the manner of roof tiles

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ embrice in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading edit

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