picchettare

Meaning

1. (transitive) to delimit with pickets or stakes, to stake out (an area of land, a field, a road, etc.)
2. (transitive) to stake (a tent)
3. (transitive) to pink (fabric), to cut a zigzag edge in
4. (transitive, uncommon) to spot, to fleck
5. (transitive, uncommon) to tap (the hull of a ship) with a small hammer to remove rust, barnacles, etc.
6. (intransitive) to tap out staccato notes with the bow
7. (transitive) to stuff (meat) with lard, rosemary, garlic, etc. for flavoring

Concepts

picket

stake

Synonyms

scommettere

Translations

formar piquetes

piquetear

anpflocken

hochbinden

pfählen

instal·lar piquets de vaga

afpalen

estacar

estacar

verpflöcken

anbinden

Hyphenated as

pic‧chet‧tà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pik.ketˈta.re/

Etymology

From piccare + -ettare, or from picchetto (“stake”) + -are.