spillare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spilˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spil‧là‧re

Etymology 1

From spilla +‎ -are.

Verb

spillàre (first-person singular present spìllo, first-person singular past historic spillài, past participle spillàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to pin, to clip
  2. to staple
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Etymology 2

From spillo +‎ -are.

Verb

spillàre (first-person singular present spìllo, first-person singular past historic spillài, past participle spillàto, auxiliary avére or (in reference to liquid leaking out) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to tap (a barrel)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to wangle, to steal (money) little by little
  3. (intransitive, uncommon) to leak slowly (of liquid)
  4. (intransitive, uncommon) to leak slowly (of a container)
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