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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle High German sprützen (to squirt), from Old High German spruzzen, spruzzjan, from Proto-West Germanic *spruttjan, from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną (to come out, to spring forth). Cognate to German spritzen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sprutˈt͡sa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spruz‧zà‧re

Verb edit

spruzzàre (first-person singular present sprùzzo, first-person singular past historic spruzzài, past participle spruzzàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to spray
  2. to sprinkle

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