Italian edit

Etymology edit

A Northern Italian term of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Venetian sgnacar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zɲakˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sgnac‧cà‧re

Verb edit

sgnaccàre (first-person singular present sgnàcco, first-person singular past historic sgnaccài, past participle sgnaccàto, auxiliary avére) (northern Italy)

  1. (transitive) to crush
  2. (military slang, transitive) to throw
    sgnaccare uno in prigioneto throw one in prison

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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