impiccare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From im- +‎ *pikk- (point, hook, onomatopoeic) +‎ -are.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /im.pikˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: im‧pic‧cà‧re
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Verb

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impiccàre (first-person singular present impìcco, first-person singular past historic impiccài, past participle impiccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to hang (kill by the neck)
  2. (by extension, rare) to hang (something) (up on something else)
  3. (hyperbolic) to choke or suffocate
  4. to saddle (someone) with difficulties

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ impiccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.

Anagrams

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