uccellare
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From uccello (“bird”) + -are (adjective-building suffix).
Noun edit
uccellare m (plural uccellari)
- (uncommon) a place for birdcatching
- Synonym: (archaic) uccellatoio
Further reading edit
- uccellare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
From uccello (“bird”) + -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).
Verb edit
uccellàre (first-person singular present uccèllo, first-person singular past historic uccellài, past participle uccellàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to hunt (birds) without weapons (using nets, mistletoe, decoys, birds of prey, etc.) [+ a (object)]
- (intransitive, figurative, archaic) to try to obtain by any means [+ a (object)]
- (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to fool, trick
- (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to try to seize through deception
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of uccellàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- uccellare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana