accollare

Italian

Etymology

From a- + collo (neck) + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak.kolˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ac‧col‧là‧re

Verb

accollàre (first-person singular present accòllo, first-person singular past historic accollài, past participle accollàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to charge (someone) with an assignment, burden, etc.
    Synonyms: addossare, affibbiare, appioppare, rifilare, attribuire, caricare, gravare, incaricare
  2. (transitive, literary) to put on the neck
  3. (intransitive) to cling to the neck [auxiliary avere]
    vestito che accollahigh-necked dress (literally, “dress that clings to the neck”)

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Further reading

  • accollare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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