spuntare

Italian

Etymology

From punta.

Verb

spuntare

  1. (transitive) To break (the point of a pencil etc)
  2. (transitive) To trim or snip (a beard etc)
  3. (transitive) To tick off (names in a register)
  4. (intransitive) To sprout
  5. (intransitive) To rise (of the sun etc)
  6. (intransitive) To dawn
  7. to fetch (a good price)
  8. to grow (teeth)
  9. to emerge, appear, come out, pop up, stick out, peep out.
    Sto aspettando quando ad un tratto ti vedrò spuntare in lontananza L'appuntamento, Ornella Vanoni
    I am waiting that moment, when I'll see you suddenly appearing on the horizon.

Conjugation

  • spuntarsi

Noun

spuntare m (plural spuntari)

  1. rise (of the sun etc)

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