Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spaʎˈʎa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spa‧glià‧re

Etymology 1

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Perhaps from sparpagliare (to scatter).

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

spagliàre (first-person singular present spàglio, first-person singular past historic spagliài, past participle spagliàto, auxiliary avére) (regional)

  1. (intransitive) to overflow, to flood
    Synonym: straripare
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Etymology 2

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From s- (privative prefix) +‎ paglia (straw) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

spagliàre (first-person singular present spàglio, first-person singular past historic spagliài, past participle spagliàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive):
  2. to take out of straw
  3. to separate from straw
  4. to deprive (an object) of straw
  5. (intransitive, archaic or rare):
  6. to feed on straw (of animals)
  7. to move around frantically, so as to scatter the straw around them (of animals in a stable)
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Further reading

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  • spagliare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • spagliare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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