incalzare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to chase, to pursue, to follow closely, to press
  2. (transitive) to pressure (someone)
  3. (intransitive) to be imminent, to be pressing
  4. (intransitive, rare) to arrive or run by impetuously
  5. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) to advance quickly; to approach (of time, etc.)
  6. (transitive) to quicken (a tempo)

Hyphenated as
in‧cal‧zà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/in.kalˈt͡sa.re/
Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *incalciāre, derived from Latin calx (“heel”).

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