storpiare

== Italian == === Alternative forms === stroppiare === Etymology === Uncertain. Some possibilities are presented below: From Vulgar Latin *exturpiāre, from Latin ex- (“throughout; thoroughly”) + turpis (“ugly; unsightly”) + -are (infinitive suffix); literally, “to [make someone look] ugly throughout”, “to [render someone] thoroughly unsightly” (by maiming etc.). From Vulgar Latin *sturpare, from Latin stuprare (“to defile; to rape”); if so, it would be a doublet of stuprare (“to rape”). From Vulgar Latin *disturpare, from Latin deturpare (“to disfigure”); a doublet of deturpare in this case. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /storˈpja.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: stor‧pià‧re === Verb === storpiàre (first-person singular present stórpio or (traditional) stòrpio, first-person singular past historic storpiài, past participle storpiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to cripple, maim (transitive, figurative) to mangle (words) (transitive, archaic) to delay, to hinder ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === storpiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === periastro, perorasti, respirato, riesporta, storpierà