schiacciare

== Italian == === Etymology === Probably onomatopoeic; the figurative sense influenced by French écraser. Compare Galician escachar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skjatˈt͡ʃa.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: schiac‧cià‧re === Verb === schiacciàre (first-person singular present schiàccio, first-person singular past historic schiacciài, past participle schiacciàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to crush, to squash, to crack, to press, to push, to squeeze, to mash Synonyms: pestare, premere, pigiare, calpestare (figurative) to overwhelm, to smash, to flatten, to crush Synonyms: annientare, sopraffare, superare (volleyball) to spike (a ball) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === scacchierai, schiaccerai