Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /spilˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spil‧là‧re

Etymology 1 edit

From spilla +‎ -are.

Verb edit

spillàre (first-person singular present spìllo, first-person singular past historic spillài, past participle spillàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to pin, to clip
  2. to staple
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Etymology 2 edit

From spillo +‎ -are.

Verb edit

spillàre (first-person singular present spìllo, first-person singular past historic spillài, past participle spillàto, auxiliary avére or (in reference to liquid leaking out) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to tap (a barrel)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to wangle, to steal (money) little by little
  3. (intransitive, uncommon) to leak slowly (of liquid) [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive, uncommon) to leak slowly (of a container) [auxiliary avere]
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