Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ motta (landslide) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zmotˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: smot‧tà‧re

Verb

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smottàre (first-person singular present smòtto, first-person singular past historic smottài, past participle smottàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to slide down slowly (of wet ground) [auxiliary essere]
  2. (transitive, agriculture) to move (clumps of soil)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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