accecare

Meaning

  1. (also, figuratively, transitive) to blind
  2. (transitive) to dazzle
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to darken, to obscure
  4. (transitive) to plug, to stop up (a leak, a window)
  5. (transitive) to block, to obstruct (a channel, a pipe)
  6. (transitive) to cover, to shade (a lamp)
  7. (transitive) to countersink (a nail, a screw)
  8. (transitive) to remove buds from (a plant)
  9. (transitive) to jam (radar)
  10. (intransitive, rare) to go blind
  11. (figuratively, intransitive) to go crazy

Concepts

go blind

lose one's sight

make blind

become blind

Synonyms

diventare cieco

perdere la vista

ceca’

divenire cieco

Frequency

46k
Hyphenated as
ac‧ce‧cà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/at.t͡ʃeˈka.re/
Etymology

From a- + cieco + -are, from Latin caecus.

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