abbarbicare
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a- (“to, towards”) + barba (“rootlet”) + -icare (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]abbarbicàre (first-person singular present abbàrbico, first-person singular past historic abbarbicài, past participle abbarbicàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to put forth roots [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to take root (all senses) [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to creep [auxiliary avere]
Usage notes
[edit]- Treccani says the auxiliary is essere, but all other dictionaries disagree.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of abbarbicàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- abbarbicare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- abbarbicare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- abbarbicare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- abbarbicare in Dizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica
- abbarbicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana