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Italian
Etymology
From s- (privative prefix) + poppa (“breast”) + -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spopˈpa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: spop‧pà‧re
Verb
spoppàre (first-person singular present spóppo, first-person singular past historic spoppài, past participle spoppàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, uncommon)
- to wean (cease giving breast milk to)
- Synonyms: divezzare, (familiar) slattare, svezzare
- (figurative, rare) to educate, to civilize
Conjugation
Further reading
- spoppare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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