piluccare

== Italian == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pi.lukˈka.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: pi‧luc‧cà‧re === Verb === piluccàre (first-person singular present pilùcco, first-person singular past historic piluccài, past participle piluccàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to pick (grapes) one by one (off a bunch, in order to eat them) (transitive) to pick at, to nibble (food) (transitive, figurative) to fleece, to cheat (someone) of their money (transitive, figurative, literary) to torment, to afflict (generally in a gradual, continuous process) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== spiluccare === Further reading === piluccare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana