uccellare
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ut.t͡ʃelˈla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: uc‧cel‧là‧re
Etymology 1
From uccello (“bird”) + -are (adjective-building suffix).
Noun
uccellare m (plural uccellari)
- (uncommon) a place for birdcatching
- Synonym: (archaic) uccellatoio
Further reading
- uccellare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
From uccello (“bird”) + -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).
Verb
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.) [with a]
- (intransitive, figurative, archaic) to try to obtain by any means [with a]
- (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to fool, trick
- (transitive, figurative, uncommon) to try to seize through deception
Conjugation
Conjugation of uccellàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- uccellare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana