Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin excaldō, excaldāre. Cognate with Italian scaldare. By surface analysis, s- +‎ caudu (hot) +‎ -ari.

Verb

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scaudari

  1. (transitive) to warm up (to increase the heat of something)
  2. (transitive) to burn, scald (to injure with heat or fire)

References

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  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “squadari”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4022