pestare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to crush, to grind, to pound
  2. (transitive) to trample, to step on, to tread on
  3. (transitive) to beat, to beat up, to bash, to rough up

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
pe‧stà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pesˈta.re/
Etymology

From Late Latin pistāre (“to pound”), frequentative of pīnsō (“to beat”).

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