salpare

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /salˈpa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sal‧pà‧re

Verb

salpàre (first-person singular present sàlpo, first-person singular past historic salpài, past participle salpàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive, nautical) to weigh (anchor)
  2. (transitive, by extension) to recover (a submerged object)
  3. (intransitive, nautical) to set sail [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive, humorous) to leave [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Catalan: salpar

Further reading

  • salpare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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