piccare

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From picca +‎ -are, influenced by French piquer.

Verb

piccàre (first-person singular present pìcco, first-person singular past historic piccài, past participle piccàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic)

  1. (transitive) to pierce
  2. (transitive) to hit repeatedly, to give repeated blows
  3. (transitive) to wound with a pike
  4. (transitive, figurative) to sting (with words), to offend, to tease
  5. (transitive, figurative) to pique, to stimulate (one's curiosity)
  6. (transitive, cooking) to lard (meat) prior to cooking
  7. (transitive, cooking) to season (a dish) with herbs
  8. (transitive) to cause a spicy sensation in (the tongue)
  9. (intransitive) to be spicy, to be pungent (of food)
  10. (intransitive) to be sparkling (of wine)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Clipping of appiccare.

Verb

piccàre (first-person singular present pìcco, first-person singular past historic piccài, past participle piccàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic or regional)

  1. (transitive) to attach, to join
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to hang [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English peak.

Verb

piccàre (first-person singular present pìcco, first-person singular past historic piccài, past participle piccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to peak [auxiliary avere]
    La produzione di petrolio del Texas ha piccato nel 1962 a 1263 milioni di barili.
    Oil production peaked in 1972 at 1263 million barrels.
Conjugation

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