tosare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to shear
  2. (transitive) to prune
  3. (transitive) to clip, to trim
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to strip of money

Synonyms

tagliare i capelli

carosa’

tagliare con le forbici

tagliare l’avena

tagliare l’orzo

tagliare (i capelli

le unghie)

Hyphenated as
to‧sà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/toˈza.re/
Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tōnsāre, frequentative of Latin tondeō, through its past participle, tōnsus. Compare Portuguese tosar.

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