Italian edit

Etymology edit

Back-formation from attrappare, with metathesis of the letter r.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tarˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tar‧pà‧re

Verb edit

tarpàre (first-person singular present tàrpo, first-person singular past historic tarpài, past participle tarpàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, also figurative) to clip the wings (of)

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