brucare

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Italian

Etymology

From bruco (“grub, caterpillar”) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bruˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: bru‧cà‧re

Verb

brucàre (first-person singular present brùco, first-person singular past historic brucài, past participle brucàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to graze at; to browse on; to nibble on (usually of animals)
    Synonyms: pascere, mordere, rodere
    • 2012, John Green, translated by Giorgia Grilli, Colpa delle Stelle, Mondadori, page 10:
      Nel cuore di Dio le cose andavano così: i sei o sette o dieci che eravamo entravano a piedi/in carrozzina, brucavano una decrepita selezione di biscotti e limonata, si sedevano nel Cerchio della Fiducia e ascoltavano Patrick raccontare per la millesima volta la sua miserevole, deprimente storia di vita...
      So here's how it went in God's heart: The six or seven or ten of us walked/wheeled in, grazed at a decrepit selection of cookies and lemonade, sat down in the Circle of Trust, and listened to Patrick recount for the thousandth time his depressingly miserable life story...
      (literally, “In the heart of God things went like this: the six or seven or ten that we were entered on foot/in a wheelchair, grazed at a decrepit selection of cookies and lemonade, sat down in the Circle of Trust and listened to Patrick recount for the thousandth time his miserable, depressing life story...”)
  2. (transitive) to remove the leaves from (a branch) (by running a closed fist along the branch)
  3. (transitive) to handpick olives from (a branch)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of brucàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive brucàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund brucàndo
present participle brucànte past participle brucàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present brùco brùchi brùca bruchiàmo brucàte brùcano
imperfect brucàvo brucàvi brucàva brucavàmo brucavàte brucàvano
past historic brucài brucàsti brucò brucàmmo brucàste brucàrono
future brucherò brucherài brucherà brucherémo brucheréte brucherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present brucherèi brucherésti brucherèbbe, brucherébbe brucherémmo brucheréste brucherèbbero, brucherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present brùchi brùchi brùchi bruchiàmo bruchiàte brùchino
imperfect brucàssi brucàssi brucàsse brucàssimo brucàste brucàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
brùca brùchi bruchiàmo brucàte brùchino
negative imperative non brucàre non brùchi non bruchiàmo non brucàte non brùchino

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