Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *muciāre, of Gaulish origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mutˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: muc‧cià‧re

Verb

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mucciàre (first-person singular present mùccio, first-person singular past historic mucciài, past participle mucciàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére) (obsolete or regional)

  1. (intransitive) to escape, to slip away, to slip through someone's fingers [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: fuggire
  2. (transitive) to avoid, to dodge
    Synonym: evitare

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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