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Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ pelle (skin) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spelˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: spel‧là‧re

Verb

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spellàre (first-person singular present spèllo, first-person singular past historic spellài, past participle spellàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to skin, to flay (a rabbit, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to skin (a knee, etc.)
  3. (transitive, figurative, informal) to fleece (a client)
  4. (transitive, figurative, informal) to flay, to ill-treat

Conjugation

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