pizzicare

Italian

Etymology

Intensive of pizzare, from pizzo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pit.t͡siˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: piz‧zi‧cà‧re

Verb

pizzicàre (first-person singular present pìzzico, first-person singular past historic pizzicài, past participle pizzicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to pinch, to nip
  2. (transitive) to bite, to sting (of an insect)
  3. (transitive, informal, slang) to catch, to seize
  4. (transitive) to burn (the palate, etc.) (of spicy food)
  5. (transitive) to sting (the eyes, etc.) (of smoke)
  6. (transitive, music) to pluck
  7. (intransitive) to itch [auxiliary avere]
  8. (intransitive) to sting (of the eyes, etc., from smoke, etc.) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation
    Conjugation of pizzicàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive pizzicàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund pizzicàndo
present participle pizzicànte past participle pizzicàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present pìzzico pìzzichi pìzzica pizzichiàmo pizzicàte pìzzicano
imperfect pizzicàvo pizzicàvi pizzicàva pizzicavàmo pizzicavàte pizzicàvano
past historic pizzicài pizzicàsti pizzicò pizzicàmmo pizzicàste pizzicàrono
future pizzicherò pizzicherài pizzicherà pizzicherémo pizzicheréte pizzicherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present pizzicherèi pizzicherésti pizzicherèbbe, pizzicherébbe pizzicherémmo pizzicheréste pizzicherèbbero, pizzicherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present pìzzichi pìzzichi pìzzichi pizzichiàmo pizzichiàte pìzzichino
imperfect pizzicàssi pizzicàssi pizzicàsse pizzicàssimo pizzicàste pizzicàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
pìzzica pìzzichi pizzichiàmo pizzicàte pìzzichino
negative imperative non pizzicàre non pìzzichi non pizzichiàmo non pizzicàte non pìzzichino

Neapolitan

Verb

pizzicare

  1. Alternative spelling of pezzecare
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