spizzicare

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Italian

Etymology

From s- +‎ pizzico, cf. pizzicare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spit.t͡siˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spiz‧zi‧cà‧re

Verb

spizzicàre (first-person singular present spìzzico, first-person singular past historic spizzicài, past participle spizzicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to nibble or peck at (food)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of spizzicàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive spizzicàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund spizzicàndo
present participle spizzicànte past participle spizzicàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present spìzzico spìzzichi spìzzica spizzichiàmo spizzicàte spìzzicano
imperfect spizzicàvo spizzicàvi spizzicàva spizzicavàmo spizzicavàte spizzicàvano
past historic spizzicài spizzicàsti spizzicò spizzicàmmo spizzicàste spizzicàrono
future spizzicherò spizzicherài spizzicherà spizzicherémo spizzicheréte spizzicherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present spizzicherèi spizzicherésti spizzicherèbbe, spizzicherébbe spizzicherémmo spizzicheréste spizzicherèbbero, spizzicherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present spìzzichi spìzzichi spìzzichi spizzichiàmo spizzichiàte spìzzichino
imperfect spizzicàssi spizzicàssi spizzicàsse spizzicàssimo spizzicàste spizzicàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
spìzzica spìzzichi spizzichiàmo spizzicàte spìzzichino
negative imperative non spizzicàre non spìzzichi non spizzichiàmo non spizzicàte non spìzzichino

Derived terms

Further reading

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