Italian edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *piecare, from Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (to plait, to weave).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pjeˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pie‧gà‧re
  • (file)

Verb edit

piegàre (first-person singular present piègo or piégo[1], first-person singular past historic piegài, past participle piegàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to fold
  2. (transitive) to fold up
  3. (transitive) to bend
  4. (transitive, sports) to defeat

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

References edit

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

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