salpare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to weigh (anchor)
  2. (broadly, transitive) to recover (a submerged object)
  3. (intransitive) to set sail
  4. (humorous, intransitive) to leave

Synonyms

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
sal‧pà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/salˈpa.re/
Etymology

From Old Italian sarpare, from serpe, from Latin serpēns (“snake”).

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