stancare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to tire, to fatigue
  2. (transitive) to weaken (an opponent)
  3. (transitive) to bore, to annoy
  4. (transitive) to deplete (the soil)

Frequency

35k
Hyphenated as
stan‧cà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/stanˈka.re/
Etymology

Uncertain. Related to French étancher, possibly reflecting a Vulgar Latin *stanticāre, from Latin stans, stantis (“standing”).

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