buttare
Meaning
- (transitive) to throw, to toss, to fling, to chuck, to sling
- (transitive) to spout, to spurt, to pour, to discharge
- (transitive) to throw about, to waste
- (transitive) to put out, to sprout, to shoot
- (transitive) to beat in
- (transitive) to put (the pasta) in boiling water
- (intransitive) to tend [with a ‘towards something’]
- (intransitive) to turn out (well or badly)
- (slang, vulgar) in the form "buttarlo" (to throw it): to penetrate sexually
Concepts
Synonyms
gettare giu
gettare via
buttare fuori
liberarsi di
versare un liquido
fondere metalli
licenziare dal lavoro
buttare sotto
discipare
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
but‧tà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/butˈta.re/
Etymology
From Old French bouter (“to strike”), of Germanic origin. Compare Neapolitan vottare and Sicilian vottare.
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