Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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Further reading

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