sacrare

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin sacrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈkra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sa‧crà‧re

Verb

sacràre (first-person singular present sàcro, first-person singular past historic sacrài, past participle sacràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (rare, literary, transitive) to consecrate
  2. (rare, literary, by extension, transitive) to dedicate solemnly
  3. (archaic, transitive) to offer as a sacrifice
  4. (colloquial) to swear, to blaspheme

Conjugation

Further reading

  • sacrare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • sacrare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • sacrare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Verb

sacrāre

  1. inflection of sacrō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative