arroccare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ar.rokˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ar‧roc‧cà‧re

Etymology 1

From a- +‎ rocco +‎ -are.

Verb

arroccàre (first-person singular present arròcco, first-person singular past historic arroccài, past participle arroccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, chess) to castle (the king and the rook)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to secure, to protect, to defend
  3. (transitive, military) to move (troops) behind the lines
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From a- +‎ rocca +‎ -are.

Verb

arroccàre (first-person singular present arròcco or (traditional) arrócco[1], first-person singular past historic arroccài, past participle arroccàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, weaving) to put (linen, hemp, silk, etc.) on a bobbin in preparation for spinning
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ arrocco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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