Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Friulian sdrumâ, from Vulgar Latin *exdērāmāre, derived from Latin rāmus (branch).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zdruˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sdru‧mà‧re

Verb

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sdrumàre (first-person singular present sdrùmo, first-person singular past historic sdrumài, past participle sdrumàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (aviation slang, historical, transitive) to hit (a target, an enemy plane, etc.) inflicting considerable damage
  2. (by extension, youth slang, transitive) to cream, to trounce, to own (to defeat soundly)
  3. (by extension, youth slang, transitive) to beat up, to pummel, to beat violently
  4. (colloquial, vulgar, slang) to have sex

Conjugation

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Further reading

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