truccare

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /trukˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: truc‧cà‧re

Etymology 1

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From French truquer.

Verb

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truccàre (first-person singular present trùcco, first-person singular past historic truccài, past participle truccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to soup up (a car, an engine)
  2. to fix, to rig (a game, an election, etc.)
    truccare una partita di calcio
    to rig a soccer game
  3. to alter the appearance or function of (something) in order to deceive others; to tamper with, to manipulate
    Synonyms: manomettere, alterare, falsificare, manipolare
    truccare le carte da giocoto mark the playing cards
    truccare i dadito load the dice
    truccare un'autoto soup up a car
    truccare i risultati di un'inchiesta
    to tamper with the results of an investigation
  4. to temporarily improve the physical appearance of; to make up
    Synonym: imbellettare
    truccare le labbra col rossettoto make up one's lips with lipstick
    truccare la modella per la sfilatato make up the model for the fashion show
  5. to make (someone) look different; to disguise
    Synonyms: camuffare, travestire, mascherare
    truccare l'attore da vecchioto disguise the actor as an old man
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References

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  • truccare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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From Occitan trucar (hit strike), from Vulgar Latin *trūdicāre.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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truccàre (first-person singular present trùcco, first-person singular past historic truccài, past participle truccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, billiards, bocce) to knock away the opponent's ball with one's own
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to cheat (someone)
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References

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  • truccare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana