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Italian
Etymology
From a- + collo (“neck”) + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.kolˈla.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ac‧col‧là‧re
Verb
accollàre (first-person singular present accòllo, first-person singular past historic accollài, past participle accollàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to charge (someone) with an assignment, burden, etc.
- Synonyms: addossare, affibbiare, appioppare, rifilare, attribuire, caricare, gravare, incaricare
- (transitive, literary) to put on the neck
- (intransitive) to cling to the neck
- vestito che accolla ― high-necked dress (literally, “dress that clings to the neck”)
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Further reading
- accollare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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