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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin calce pistāre (“to pound with the heel”).[1] Distantly related to English caltrop and pestle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal.peˈsta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: cal‧pe‧stà‧re
Verb
calpestàre (first-person singular present calpésto, first-person singular past historic calpestài, past participle calpestàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to trample or tread on
1975, “Il signor Hood”, in Rimmel, performed by Francesco De Gregori:Lo vedi sempre con le spalle al sole, / con un canestro di parole nuove / calpestare nuove aiuole- You always see it with his shoulders to the sun, / with a hamper of new words / trampling new flowerbeds
Conjugation
References
- ^ calpestare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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