Italian

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Etymology

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From s- (intensifier) +‎ conquassare, from Latin conquassāre (to shake violently, to shatter), from Latin quassāre (to shake repeatedly), whence also French casser (to break).

Verb

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sconquassàre (first-person singular present sconquàsso, first-person singular past historic sconquassài, past participle sconquassàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to smash to pieces, to shatter (by shaking violently)
  2. (transitive) to upset (one's stomach)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • sconquassare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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