pestare
Meaning
- (transitive) to crush, to grind, to pound
- (transitive) to trample, to step on, to tread on
- (transitive) to beat, to beat up, to bash, to rough up
Concepts
Synonyms
fare un livido
mettere il piede
pista’
riempire di botte
Translations
Frequency
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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