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Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *adoculāre, from oclus, from Latin oculus. Compare Portuguese olhar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dokˈkja.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: a‧doc‧chià‧re
Verb
adocchiàre (first-person singular present adòcchio, first-person singular past historic adocchiài, past participle adocchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to look at, to watch
- Synonyms: mirare, puntare, guardare
- to catch sight of
- Synonym: scorgere
- (archaic) to recognize
- to eye, to ogle
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