ammaccare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin maccāre (bruise, batter, crush), of unknown origin, possibly onomatopoeic.[1] However, compare marculus (small hammer), and massa (bulk, mass), which influenced the development of Portuguese amassar (knead, mold, form).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /am.makˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: am‧mac‧cà‧re

Verb[edit]

ammaccàre (first-person singular present ammàcco, first-person singular past historic ammaccài, past participle ammaccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to dent
  2. (transitive) to bruise

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References[edit]

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