piegare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (to plait, to weave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjeˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pie‧gà‧re

Verb

piegàre (first-person singular present piègo or piégo[1], first-person singular past historic piegài, past participle piegàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to fold
  2. (transitive) to fold up
  3. (transitive) to bend
  4. (transitive, sports) to defeat

Conjugation

References

  1. piego in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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