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Italian
Etymology
From Tuscan appicciare,[1][2] from Vulgar Latin *appiciāre, from ad + pix, pĭcis (“pitch, tar”).[3] Alternatively of onomatopoeic origin.[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap.pit.t͡ʃiˈka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ap‧pic‧ci‧cà‧re
Verb
appiccicàre (first-person singular present appìccico, first-person singular past historic appiccicài, past participle appiccicàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) (typically with a or su) to glue (to)
- (transitive) to give forcefully or violently
appiccicargli una sberla sul collo- to give him a slap on the neck
- (transitive) to give with deceit
- (transitive) to attribute
- (intransitive) to be sticky
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- ^ appiccicare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ^ appiccicare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- ^ appicciare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- ^ appiccicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana