cozzare

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Italian

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *cocia (pate, head), from Latin cochlea (snail); compare coccia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kotˈt͡sa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: coz‧zà‧re

Verb

cozzàre (first-person singular present còzzo, first-person singular past historic cozzài, past participle cozzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to butt (of an animal)
  2. (intransitive) to collide to crash (of vehicles)
  3. (intransitive) to clash
  4. (transitive) to beat, to strike violently
    cozzare la testa nel muroto beat one's head against the wall

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ cozzare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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