manucare

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word manucare. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word manucare, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say manucare in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word manucare you have here. The definition of the word manucare will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmanucare, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandūcāre (to chew, (coll.) eat). Doublet of manducare, manicare, and mangiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.nuˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧cà‧re

Verb

manucàre (first-person singular present manùco, first-person singular past historic manucài, past participle manucàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, rarely literary, puristic and humorous) to eat
    Synonyms: (archaic) manducare, mangiare, (obsolete) manicare
    • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato primo, Capitolo I”, in Convivio, Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 7:
      Oh beati quelli pochi che seggiono a quella mensa dove lo pane de li angeli si manuca! e miseri quelli che con le pecore hanno comune cibo!
      Blessed are the few who sit at the table where the bread of the angels is eaten, and most unfortunate those who share the food of sheep!
    • 13491353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata seconda – Novella quinta”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron, Bari: Laterza, 1927:
      Che paura avete voi? Credete voi che egli vi manuchi?
      What are you afraid of? Are you scared he will eat you?

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • manucare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana