spetacciare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From s- (“apart”) +‎ petaccia (“rag, shreg”) +‎ -are (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

spetacciare

  1. to rip, shred, tear to pieces, maul
    Synonym: deslenzare
    La sajetta […] dove arriva, scarrupa, e llà spetaccia.
    The lightning bolt […] where it goes, it destroys, and there it tears.

References
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “spetacciare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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