valicare

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Italian

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin vāricāre, from vāricus. Cf. also the doublet varcare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.liˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: va‧li‧cà‧re

Verb

valicàre (first-person singular present vàlico, first-person singular past historic valicài, past participle valicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to cross (a river, a border, a range of mountains, etc.)
  2. (literary, figurative) to overcome, to surmount
  3. (archaic) to pass by
  4. (archaic) to transgress

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Further reading

  • valicare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • valicare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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