stritolare
Italian Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
stritolàre (first-person singular present strìtolo, first-person singular past historic stritolài, past participle stritolàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (also hyperbolic) to crush
- Synonyms: frantumare, rompere; see also Thesaurus:schiacciare
- stritolare un osso ― to crush a bone (to powder)
- una stretta che mi stritola la mano
- a squeeze that crushes my hand
- to destroy (an argument); to refute
- Synonyms: annientare, demolire
- l'oratore ha stritolato gli argomenti del manifestante
- the speaker destroyed the protestor's arguments
Conjugation Edit
Conjugation of stritolàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)