truccare

• IPA^(key): /trukˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: truc‧cà‧re

Borrowed from French truquer, from Occitan trucar (“to hit, to strike”), from Vulgar Latin *trūdicō, the iterative of trūdō (“to push”) (infinitive trūdere). By surface analysis, trucco (“trick”) +‎ -are.

truccàre (first-person singular present trùcco, first-person singular past historic truccài, past participle truccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. to soup up (a car, an engine)
2. to fix, to rig (a game, an election, etc.)

   truccare una partita di calcio

   to rig a soccer game

3. to alter the appearance or function of (something) in order to deceive others; to tamper with, to manipulate

   Synonyms: manomettere, alterare, falsificare, manipolare

   truccare le carte da gioco ― to mark the playing cards

   truccare i dadi ― to load the dice

   truccare un'auto ― to soup up a car

   truccare i risultati di un'inchiesta

   to tamper with the results of an investigation

4. to temporarily improve the physical appearance of; to make up

   Synonym: imbellettare

   truccare le labbra col rossetto ― to make up one's lips with lipstick

   truccare la modella per la sfilata ― to make up the model for the fashion show

5. to make (someone) look different; to disguise

   Synonyms: camuffare, travestire, mascherare

   truccare l'attore da vecchio ― to disguise the actor as an old man

• truccarsi

Borrowed from Occitan trucar (“to hit, to strike”); see above.

• trucchiare, trucciare (archaic)

truccàre (first-person singular present trùcco, first-person singular past historic truccài, past participle truccàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (intransitive, billiards, bocce) to knock away the opponent's ball with one's own
2. (transitive, uncommon) to cheat (someone)