imboccare

Italian

Etymology

From im (“in”) +‎ bocca (“mouth”) +‎ -are, or from a Vulgar Latin *imbuccāre, from Latin bucca. Compare Spanish and Spanish embocar, French emboucher, Romanian îmbuca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.bokˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: im‧boc‧cà‧re

Verb

imboccàre (first-person singular present imbócco, first-person singular past historic imboccài, past participle imboccàto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (intransitive only) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to feed
    Synonyms: dare da mangiare, nutrire, alimentare
  2. (transitive, by extension) to put in one's mouth
    imboccare il sassofono ― to put the saxophone (its reed) in one's mouth
  3. (transitive) to suggest (an answer)
    Synonyms: imbeccare, suggerire, consigliare, ispirare, istruire, indottrinare, preparare
  4. (transitive) to enter (a road, passage, entrance, etc.)
    Synonyms: immettersi, prendere, infilare, avviarsi
    imboccare l'uscita ― to exit (literally, “enter the exit”)
  5. (intransitive) to enter into, to turn into, to lead to (a road, river, etc.) [+ in (object)] [auxiliary avere or essere]
    Synonyms: immettersi, incanalarsi, affacciarsi
    il sentiero imbocca nella strada provinciale ― the path leads to the provincial street
  6. (transitive, military) to shoot (an enemy cannon, gunboat, etc.)
  7. (transitive, poetic) to welcome into the mind; to learn
  8. (intransitive) to fit [+ in (object) = into] [auxiliary avere or essere]
    Synonyms: incastrarsi, adattarsi, ingranare

Conjugation

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