strascicare

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Italian

Etymology

From an alteration of strascinare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /straʃ.ʃiˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stra‧sci‧cà‧re

Verb

strascicàre (first-person singular present stràscico, first-person singular past historic strascicài, past participle strascicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (ergative) to trail (drag on the ground)
    strascicare la gonna per terrato trail the dress on the ground
    la gonna strascica per terrathe dress trails on the ground
  2. (transitive) (of feet or footwear) to scuff or shuffle
  3. (transitive) carry out an activity slowly or unwillingly
    strascicare un lavoroto slowly work on a project
  4. (transitive) to contract (an illness) and not bother to cure or palliate it
    strascicare un malannoplow through an illness
  5. (transitive) to pronounce slowly and monotonously
    strascicare le paroleto slowly pronounce the words

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