Italian

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Etymology

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From scoppietto (hand cannon) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skop.pjetˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scop‧piet‧tà‧re

Verb

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scoppiettàre (first-person singular present scoppiétto, first-person singular past historic scoppiettài, past participle scoppiettàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to crackle or spit [auxiliary avere]
  2. to follow one after another [auxiliary avere]
    a tavola scoppiettavano le freddure
    at the table, there was one quip after another

Conjugation

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