sparare
Meaning
- (intransitive) to shoot, to fire
- (transitive) to shoot something (a bullet), to fire something
- (regional, transitive) to shoot someone
- (transitive) to throw (a kick, punch, etc.)
- (transitive) to cut open the belly of (game, fish or meat) with a long incision (in order to clean the inside before butchering)
- (transitive) to spew out (lies, exaggerations, etc.)
Concepts
Synonyms
far fuoco
mettere in libertà
tira’
mandare uno a combattere
mandare uno a competere
dare il gas
spingere sull'acceleratore
Translations
Frequency
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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