Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ pulce (flea) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spulˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spul‧cià‧re

Verb

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spulciàre (first-person singular present spùlcio, first-person singular past historic spulciài, past participle spulciàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, veterinary medicine) to take out the fleas from, to groom, to deflea
  2. (transitive) to sift through, to go through, to examine, to eye, to rummage through

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