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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French déféquer, from Latin dēfaecāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.feˈka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: de‧fe‧cà‧re
Verb
defecàre (first-person singular present defèco, first-person singular past historic defecài, past participle defecàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to defecate
- (transitive) to refine (chemistry)
Conjugation
Further reading
- defecare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Verb
dēfecāre
- inflection of dēfecō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
Romanian
Etymology
From defeca + -re.
Noun
defecare f (plural defecări)
- defecation
Declension
Spanish
Verb
defecare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of defecar