Italian

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ zucca (head) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.d͡zukˈka.re/, (traditional) /in.t͡sukˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧zuc‧cà‧re

Verb

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inzuccàre (first-person singular present inzùcco, first-person singular past historic inzuccài, past participle inzuccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, informal, humorous) to go to (someone's) head, to cause to become cloudy in the brain (of wine)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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