spacciare

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Italian

Etymology

From archaic dispacciare (modern disimpacciare), from Franco-Provençal despachar or Old French despechier (modern French dépêcher).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spatˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spac‧cià‧re

Verb

spacciàre (first-person singular present spàccio, first-person singular past historic spacciài, past participle spacciàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to traffic in (drugs, etc.)
  2. to peddle, push (drugs)
  3. to pass off (something)
  4. to utter (nonsense, lies, etc.)

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Further reading

  • spacciare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • spacciare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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