scapitare

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to lose, to suffer a loss [with di] (economically, morally, etc.)
2. (intransitive) to pale in comparison
3. (intransitive, uncommon) to be neglected, to suffer damage from neglect
4. (intransitive, literary) to get worse

Synonyms

smarrire

Translations

perder

perdre

Hyphenated as

sca‧pi‧tà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ska.piˈta.re/

Etymology

Possibly from a Late Latin excapitāre (which meant "decapitate" in its attested form, but the Romance descendants may derive from an unattested sense of "to conclude, finish, reach the end of" which developed later, or possibly "to decrease, diminish"), a derivation of Latin caput, or from capitare, and influenced by capitale. Compare Romanian scăpăta. Also possibly from an alteration of a Vulgar Latin *discapitāre (compare Provençal descaptar).