stramazzare

Italian

Etymology

From stra- + mazza (mace) + -are; originally "to knock down with a mace blow".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stra.matˈt͡sa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stra‧maz‧zà‧re

Verb

stramazzàre (first-person singular present stramàzzo, first-person singular past historic stramazzài, past participle stramazzàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to collapse, to crash or fall heavily [auxiliary essere]
  2. (transitive, rare) to throw heavily to the ground, to cause to fall heavily

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