schiantare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to break (violently); to shatter
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) to burst out
  3. (colloquial, intransitive) to croak, to kick the bucket

Concepts

Frequency

26k
Hyphenated as
schian‧tà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/skjanˈta.re/
Etymology

Perhaps from Latin explantāre or from a blend of schiattare (“to burst”) and spiantare (“to ruin”).

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