quassare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quassāre, present active infinitive quassō (I shake, quake), intensive of quatiō (I shake, agitate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwasˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Stress: quassàre
  • Hyphenation: quas‧sa‧re

Verb

quassare (literary)

  1. (transitive) To shake, agitate.
    Synonyms: scrollare, scuotere, squassare

Conjugation

References

  • quassare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

quassāre

  1. inflection of quassō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative and indicative
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