raccapricciare

Italian

Etymology

From ri- + accapricciare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rak.ka.pritˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: rac‧ca‧pric‧cià‧re

Verb

raccapricciàre (first-person singular present raccaprìccio, first-person singular past historic raccapricciài, past participle raccapricciàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to be horrified, to feel disgust [auxiliary essere]
  2. (transitive, archaic) to horrify

Usage notes

  • The composed tenses are rare.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • raccapricciare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • raccapricciare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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