accarnare

Italian

Etymology

From a- (to, towards) + carne (flesh) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak.karˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ac‧car‧nà‧re

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (archaic)

  1. (transitive) to stab or pierce deeply (with an iron or other sharp object)
  2. (intransitive) to penetrate deeply into the flesh [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive, figurative) to understand deeply
    • c. 1316, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIV”, in Purgatorio, lines 22–27; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata, 2nd revised edition, Florence: Casa Editrice Le Lettere, 1994:
      «Se ben lo ’ntendimento tuo accarno
      con lo ’ntelletto», allora mi rispuose
      quei che diceva pria, «tu parli d’Arno».
      "If well thy meaning I can penetrate with intellect of mine," then answered me he who first spoke, "you speak of the Arno."

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

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

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