rinsaccare

Italian

Etymology

From ri- + insaccare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rin.sakˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: rin‧sac‧cà‧re

Verb

rinsaccàre (first-person singular present rinsàcco, first-person singular past historic rinsaccài, past participle rinsaccàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to repack
  2. (transitive, intensive) to pack
  3. (transitive, intensive) to pack (a sack) more tightly by hitting it against the ground
  4. (intransitive, figurative) to shrug one's shoulders [auxiliary essere]
  5. (intransitive, figurative) to bump the saddle when riding (due to being unable to follow the gait) [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • rinsaccamento
  • rinsaccatura

Further reading

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

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