accecare

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a- +‎ cieco +‎ -are, from Latin caecus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /at.t͡ʃeˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ac‧ce‧cà‧re

Verb

accecàre (first-person singular present accèco, first-person singular past historic accecài, past participle accecàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive, also figurative) to blind
    La luce era così intensa che per un momento è stato accecato
    The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded
  2. (transitive) to dazzle
  3. (transitive, figurative) to darken, to obscure
  4. (transitive) to plug, to stop up (a leak, a window)
  5. (transitive) to block, to obstruct (a channel, a pipe)
  6. (transitive) to cover, to shade (a lamp)
  7. (transitive) to countersink (a nail, a screw)
  8. (transitive, agriculture) to remove buds from (a plant)
  9. (transitive, military) to jam (radar)
  10. (intransitive, rare) to go blind
  11. (intransitive, figurative) to go crazy

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