Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin ruspāre (to scrounge, search). First attested in 1561.

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  • IPA(key): /ruˈspa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ru‧spà‧re

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ruspàre (first-person singular present rùspo, first-person singular past historic ruspài, past participle ruspàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to scratch, to scrabble, to peck about (in search of food; of poultry) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to rake the ground looking for chestnuts after a harvest [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive) to bulldoze, to work (land, a field, etc.) using a bulldozer

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