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Italian
Etymology
From Middle High German stutzen, stozen related to Old High German stozan and Gothic đđđ°đżđđ°đœ (stautan). Alternatively onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stut.tÍĄsiËka.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: stuzâ§ziâ§cĂ â§re
Verb
stuzzicĂ re (first-person singular present stĂčzzico, first-person singular past historic stuzzicĂ i, past participle stuzzicĂ to, auxiliary avĂ©re) (transitive)
- to poke or prod (at)
Non stuzzicare il can che dorme.- Don't poke the bear.
- (literally, âDon't prod the sleeping dog.â)
- to tease
- Non stuzzicarmi. â Don't tease me.
- to whet (the appetite)
- (figurative) to stimulate, to flush
- L'idea mi stuzzica. â The idea excites me.
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References
- ^ stuzzicare in Treccani.it â Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana