impacchettare

Italian

Etymology

From im- + pacchetto + -are. Compare Spanish and Catalan empaquetar, Portuguese empacotar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.pak.ketˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: im‧pac‧chet‧tà‧re

Verb

impacchettàre (first-person singular present impacchétto, first-person singular past historic impacchettài, past participle impacchettàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to wrap up, to package
  2. (transitive) to wrap up in the shape of a package
  3. (transitive, slang) to handcuff
  4. (transitive, slang) to jail

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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