praticare

From Medieval Latin prāctica (“practical affairs, business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ, “practice, experience”), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”), from πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō, “I do”).

• IPA^(key): /pra.tiˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: pra‧ti‧cà‧re

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praticàre (first-person singular present pràtico, first-person singular past historic praticài, past participle praticàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to put into practise/practice, to implement
2. (transitive) to perform (an injection, a massage, an incision, artificial respiration, etc.)
3. (transitive) to pierce, to bore (a hole, a window in a wall, a pit, etc.)
4. (transitive) to practise/practice (medicine, law, science, etc.)
5. (transitive) to observe (a custom)
6. (transitive, sports) to play
7. (transitive) to mix with, associate with (people)
8. (intransitive) to mix, to associate
9. (transitive) to frequent (a place)
10. (intransitive) to frequent
11. (transitive) to have sexual relations with
12. (transitive) to give (a discount)
13. (transitive, uncommon) to pass easily along (a road or path)
14. (intransitive, uncommon) to pass easily along

• praticante

• paratrice, per carità, perticara