abbacare

== Italian == === Etymology === From abbaco (“abacus”) +‎ -are (verb-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ab.baˈka.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: ab‧ba‧cà‧re === Verb === abbacàre (first-person singular present àbbaco, first-person singular past historic abbacài, past participle abbacàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive, obsolete) to calculate (intransitive, figurative, rare): to daydream Synonyms: fantasticare, almanaccare to rack one's brain or puzzle Synonym: scervellarsi ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === abbacare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “abbacare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati == Sardinian == === Alternative forms === abblacare, abbracare (northern Logudorese) === Etymology === Likely a borrowing. Compare Occitan abaucar (“to calm; to calm down”). The northern forms might be from a language of northern Italy (compare Lombard balcà (“to die down, calm down”)). Compare Campidanese abbacai. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abbaˈkare/ === Verb === abbacare (Logudorese) (transitive) to slow down (transitive) to calm down (to cause to become less excited, intense or angry) (intransitive) to calm down (to become less intense) (of wind) ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes