Italian

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Etymology

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Intensive of pizzare, from pizzo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pit.t͡siˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: piz‧zi‧cà‧re

Verb

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pizzicàre (first-person singular present pìzzico, first-person singular past historic pizzicài, past participle pizzicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to pinch, to nip
  2. (transitive) to bite, to sting (of an insect)
  3. (transitive, informal, slang) to catch, to seize
  4. (transitive) to burn (the palate, etc.) (of spicy food)
  5. (transitive) to sting (the eyes, etc.) (of smoke)
  6. (transitive, music) to pluck
  7. (intransitive) to itch [auxiliary avere]
  8. (intransitive) to sting (of the eyes, etc., from smoke, etc.) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Neapolitan

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Verb

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pizzicare

  1. Alternative spelling of pezzecare