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Italian
Etymology
From a- + pioppo + -are.
Verb
appioppàre (first-person singular present appiòppo, first-person singular past historic appioppài, past participle appioppàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, literally) to tie (vines) to poplars
- (transitive, literally) to plant (a field) with poplars
- (transitive, figuratively) to give (a beating, a punch)
- Synonyms: dare, affibbiare
- (transitive, figuratively) to inflict (a fine, an unpleasant task, etc.)
- Synonym: infliggere
- (transitive, figuratively) to pin (something) ; to saddle, to encumber
- appioppare un grande compito a qualcuno ― to saddle someone with a big task (literally, “to pin a big task on someone”)
Conjugation
Further reading
- appioppare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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