sfrascare

Italian

Etymology

From s- + frasca (branch) + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sfraˈska.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfra‧scà‧re

Verb

sfrascàre (first-person singular present sfràsco, first-person singular past historic sfrascài, past participle sfrascàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, forestry) to thin out (a tree; the branches of a tree)
  2. (transitive, agriculture) to remove (silkworm cocoons) from the branches they were attached to
  3. (intransitive, zoology, rare) to jump from branch to branch, with associated noise (of a bird, etc.) [auxiliary avere]
  4. (intransitive, rare) to rustle (of branches or leaves) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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