Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgō (drive in, fix in place).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fikˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fic‧cà‧re

Verb

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ficcàre (first-person singular present fìcco, first-person singular past historic ficcài, past participle ficcàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to shove (something) in, to stick (something) in, to thrust in
  2. (informal) to stick, to put
  3. to fix (one's gaze)
  4. (vulgar, slang) to fuck

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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