Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ fottere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsfot.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -ottere
  • Hyphenation: sfót‧te‧re
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Verb

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sfóttere (first-person singular present sfótto, first-person singular past historic sfottéi, past participle sfottùto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (vulgar) to tease, to mock
  2. to ruin (a mechanism) through inexperience or incompetence
    Synonym: (more common) fottere

Conjugation

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Further reading

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