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Italian
Etymology
From striscia + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /striʃˈʃa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: stri‧scià‧re
Verb
strisciàre (first-person singular present strìscio, first-person singular past historic strisciài, past participle strisciàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to rub
ho strisciato contro il muro e mi sono impolverato- I rubbed (myself) against the wall and I got dusty
- (intransitive) to crawl
l'infante striscia per terra- the infant crawls on the floor
- (intransitive) to wheedle; to be obsequious; to curry favor
- Synonyms: essere servile, adulare, abbassarsi, lisciare, leccare
striscio sempre davanti a lei- I am always obsequious with her
- (transitive) to drag
- Synonyms: trascinare, strascicare, spostare rasoterra, muovere senza sollevare
strisciare la copertina per il pavimento- to drag the small blanket about the floor
- (transitive) to scrape; to scratch
- Synonyms: segnare, graffiare
ho strisciato la macchina cozzandola contro un'altra- I scratched the car by bumping it into another one
- (transitive) to swipe (a credit, debit, etc. card)
- (transitive, rare) to graze, to touch lightly
- Synonyms: rasentare, sfiorare, sfregare
- (transitive, intransitive, card games) in the game of tressette, to strike a card against the table to indicate that one has only simple cards of the same suit
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