abbacchiare

== Italian == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *abbaclāre, from ab- (“off, away”) + baculum (“stick”). By surface analysis, a- +‎ bacchio (“rod, stick”) +‎ -are (1st conjugation suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ab.bakˈkja.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: ab‧bac‧chià‧re === Verb === abbacchiàre (first-person singular present abbàcchio, first-person singular past historic abbacchiài, past participle abbacchiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to beat down with a pole (fruit from a tree) Synonym: bacchiare (by extension, transitive): to knock down, to bring down (figurative, colloquial) to dishearten or depress (figurative, colloquial) to undersell ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === abbacchiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana abbacchiare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication === Anagrams === abbacchierà