ammaccare

== Italian == === Etymology === From Latin *maccāre (“bruise, batter, crush”), of unknown origin, possibly onomatopoeic. However, compare marculus (“small hammer”), and massa (“bulk, mass”), which influenced the development of Portuguese amassar (“knead, mold, form”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /am.makˈka.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: am‧mac‧cà‧re === Verb === ammaccàre (first-person singular present ammàcco, first-person singular past historic ammaccài, past participle ammaccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to dent (transitive) to bruise ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== ammaccarsi ammaccamento ammaccatura ammacco === References ===