strascicare

Italian

Etymology

From an alteration of strascinare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /straʃ.ʃiˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stra‧sci‧cà‧re

Verb

strascicàre (first-person singular present stràscico, first-person singular past historic strascicài, past participle strascicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (ergative) to trail (drag on the ground) [auxiliary avere]
    strascicare la gonna per terra ― to trail the dress on the ground
    la gonna strascica per terra ― the dress trails on the ground
  2. (transitive) (of feet or footwear) to scuff or shuffle
  3. (transitive) carry out an activity slowly or unwillingly
    strascicare un lavoro ― to slowly work on a project
  4. (transitive) to contract (an illness) and not bother to cure or palliate it
    strascicare un malanno ― plow through an illness
  5. (transitive) to pronounce slowly and monotonously
    strascicare le parole ― to slowly pronounce the words

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