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Italian
Etymology
Perhaps from Latin explantāre[1] or from a blend of
schiattare (“to burst”) and spiantare (“to ruin”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skjanˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: schian‧tà‧re
Verb
schiantàre (first-person singular present schiànto, first-person singular past historic schiantài, past participle schiantàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (transitive)
- (transitive) to break (violently); to shatter
- Synonym: spezzare
- (intransitive, colloquial) to burst out
- (intransitive, colloquial) to croak, to kick the bucket
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
References
- ^ schiantare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ schiantare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
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