Neapolitan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From s- (apart) +‎ petaccia (rag, shreg) +‎ -are (verb-forming suffix).

Verb edit

spetacciare

  1. to rip, shred, tear to pieces, maul
    Synonym: deslenzare
    La sajetta [] dove arriva, scarrupa, e llà spetaccia.
    The lightning bolt [] where it goes, it destroys, and there it tears.

References edit

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “spetacciare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano