Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *punctiāre, from Latin punctus. Compare Spanish punzar, Catalan punxar, Portuguese punçar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ponˈt͡sa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pon‧zà‧re

Verb

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ponzàre (first-person singular present pónzo, first-person singular past historic ponzài, past participle ponzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to push forcefully; to strain
  2. (transitive) to lay an egg [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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