incalzare
Meaning
- (transitive) to chase, to pursue, to follow closely, to press
- (transitive) to pressure (someone)
- (intransitive) to be imminent, to be pressing
- (intransitive, rare) to arrive or run by impetuously
- (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) to advance quickly; to approach (of time, etc.)
- (transitive) to quicken (a tempo)
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Translations
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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