Italian

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Etymology

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From zoppo +‎ -icare, or inherited from Vulgar Latin *cloppicāre, from Late Latin cloppus. Compare Sicilian zuppijari.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */d͡zop.piˈka.re/, (traditional) */t͡sop.piˈka.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: zop‧pi‧cà‧re
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Verb

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zoppicàre (first-person singular present zòppico, first-person singular past historic zoppicài, past participle zoppicàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to have a limp, to walk with a limp
  2. to be lame
  3. (figurative) to be weak (in a subject)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ zoppico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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