piluccare

From Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre.

• IPA^(key): /pi.lukˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: pi‧luc‧cà‧re

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1. (transitive) to pick (grapes) one by one (off a bunch, in order to eat them)
2. (transitive) to pick at, to nibble (food)
3. (transitive, figurative) to fleece, to cheat (someone) of their money
4. (transitive, figurative, literary) to torment, to afflict (generally in a gradual, continuous process)

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• spiluccare

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