sparare

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to shoot, to fire
  2. (transitive) to shoot something (a bullet), to fire something
  3. (regional, transitive) to shoot someone
  4. (transitive) to throw (a kick, punch, etc.)
  5. (transitive) to cut open the belly of (game, fish or meat) with a long incision (in order to clean the inside before butchering)
  6. (transitive) to spew out (lies, exaggerations, etc.)

Synonyms

far fuoco

mettere in libertà

tira’

mandare uno a combattere

mandare uno a competere

dare il gas

spingere sull'acceleratore

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
spa‧rà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/spaˈra.re/
Etymology

The modern sense of shooting derives jocularly from the older culinary sense, which is from Vulgar Latin *exparāre, formed as ex- (intensive prefix) + parō (“to prepare”).

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