Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly from a Late Latin excapitāre (which meant "decapitate" in its attested form, but the Romance descendants may derive from an unattested sense of "to conclude, finish, reach the end of" which developed later, or possibly "to decrease, diminish"), a derivation of Latin caput, or from capitare, and influenced by capitale. Compare Romanian scăpăta. Also possibly from an alteration of a Vulgar Latin *discapitāre (compare Provençal descaptar).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ska.piˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sca‧pi‧tà‧re

Verb

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scapitàre (first-person singular present scàpito, first-person singular past historic scapitài, past participle scapitàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to lose, to suffer a loss [with di] (economically, morally, etc.) [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: rimetterci
  2. (intransitive) to pale in comparison [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive, uncommon) to be neglected, to suffer damage from neglect [auxiliary avere]
  4. (intransitive, literary) to get worse [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: peggiorare

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