spacciare

Italian

Etymology

From archaic dispacciare (modern disimpacciare), from Franco-Provençal despachar or Old French despechier (modern French dépêcher).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spatˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spac‧cià‧re

Verb

spacciàre (first-person singular present spàccio, first-person singular past historic spacciài, past participle spacciàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to traffic in (drugs, etc.)
  2. to peddle, push (drugs)
  3. to pass off (something) [+ per (object) = as (something else)]
  4. to utter (nonsense, lies, etc.)

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Further reading

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

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