precipitare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to hurl down, to cast down
  2. (transitive) to precipitate, to hasten (an event)
  3. (transitive) to precipitate
  4. (intransitive) to precipitate
  5. (intransitive) to fall, to crash, to be plunged (of a plane, etc.)
  6. (intransitive) to come to a head

Synonyms

cadere giù

cadére

volare dall’alto

calare a piombo

calare a zero

calare bruscamente

correre velocemente

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
pre‧ci‧pi‧tà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pre.t͡ʃi.piˈta.re/
Etymology

From Latin praecipitāre (“to cast down, throw headlong”).

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