sgnaccare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
A Northern Italian term of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Venetian sgnacar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sgnaccàre (first-person singular present sgnàcco, first-person singular past historic sgnaccài, past participle sgnaccàto, auxiliary avére) (northern Italy)
- (transitive) to crush
- (military slang, transitive) to throw
- sgnaccare uno in prigione ― to throw one in prison
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sgnaccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading edit
- sgnaccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana