innescare

Italian

Etymology

From in- + esca + -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.neˈska.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧ne‧scà‧re

Verb

innescàre (first-person singular present innésco, first-person singular past historic innescài, past participle innescàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (fishing) to bait (a hook)
  2. to prime or set off (an explosive)
  3. to trigger (an event)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • dare fuoco alla miccia
  • accendere la miccia

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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