grattare
Meaning
- (transitive) to scratch
- (transitive) to scrape
- (transitive) to grate (food)
- (colloquial, transitive) to filch, to pilfer, to steal
- (intransitive) to screech, to grate (to make a harsh rubbing sound)
- (intransitive) to grind gears
Concepts
Synonyms
arattà
graffiare con le unghio
rimuovere la terra
scavare con le unghie
tirare una corda
grattà
sgraffià
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
grat‧tà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡratˈta.re/
Etymology
Of Germanic origin; probably borrowed from Frankish *kratton, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gred-, see also English scratch. Compare French gratter, Catalan gratar, Piedmontese graté.
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