Italian edit

Etymology edit

From manucare +‎ -si.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ma.nuˈkar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧càr‧si

Verb edit

manucàrsi (first-person singular present mi manùco, first-person singular past historic mi manucài, past participle manucàto)

  1. reflexive of manucare
  2. (transitive, obsolete, rarely literary and humorous) to eat
    • c. 1851, Ippolito Nievo, edited by Mursia, Antiafrodisiaco per l'amor platonico [Anti-aphrodisiac for Platonic Love], published 1967, page 78:
      Oh l'eccellente vitello che ci manucammo giunti al luogo di nostra prima fermata!
      O, the excellent veal we ate after arriving at the location of our first stop!

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