zappare

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Italian

Etymology

From zappa +‎ -are. Compare French saper, Sicilian zappari, Venetan sapar, Friulian sapâ, Piedmontese sapé, Spanish zapar, Romanian săpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */d͡zapˈpa.re/, (traditional) */t͡sapˈpa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: zap‧pà‧re

Verb

zappàre (first-person singular present zàppo, first-person singular past historic zappài, past participle zappàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to hoe
  2. (transitive, figurative) to bang, to hit hard (a piano, etc.)
  3. (transitive, military, historical) to sap, to undermine (a fortification) with a hoe
  4. (intransitive, soccer) to accidentally kick the ground (instead of the ball)
  5. (transitive, vulgar) to have sex with someone

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zappàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive zappàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund zappàndo
present participle zappànte past participle zappàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present zàppo zàppi zàppa zappiàmo zappàte zàppano
imperfect zappàvo zappàvi zappàva zappavàmo zappavàte zappàvano
past historic zappài zappàsti zappò zappàmmo zappàste zappàrono
future zapperò zapperài zapperà zapperémo zapperéte zapperànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present zapperèi zapperésti zapperèbbe, zapperébbe zapperémmo zapperéste zapperèbbero, zapperébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present zàppi zàppi zàppi zappiàmo zappiàte zàppino
imperfect zappàssi zappàssi zappàsse zappàssimo zappàste zappàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
zàppa zàppi zappiàmo zappàte zàppino
negative imperative non zappàre non zàppi non zappiàmo non zappàte non zàppino

References

  1. ^ zappa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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