Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *exquadrāre, derived from Latin quadrus. Compare French équerrer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skwaˈdra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: squa‧drà‧re

Verb

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squadràre (first-person singular present squàdro, first-person singular past historic squadrài, past participle squadràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to delimit in a square or rectangular shape
  2. (transitive, by extension) to look, eye
    Synonym: scrutare
  3. (transitive, literary, by extension) to show
    Synonyms: mostrare, presentare
  4. (transitive, archaic, poetic, rare) to break, break up
    Synonym: spezzare
  5. (intransitive) to square, to be perfectly perpendicular [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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