macchiare
- (transitive) to stain, mark, smear
- (transitive) to blot
- (transitive) to sully, tarnish
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mac‧chià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/makˈkja.re/
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *maclāre, from Latin maculāre.
make dirty
rub on
mettersi di mezzo
dipingere di nero
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